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Vol 3. No 4 August 9, 2016

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

“Service Above Self ” Do you know the history behind this simple but powerful motto? According to RI, in 1911, He Profits Most Who Serves Best was approved as the Rotary motto at the second convention of the National Association of Rotary Clubs of America, in Port-land, Oregon. It was adapted from a speech made by Rotarian Arthur Frederick Shel-don to the first convention, held in Chicago the previous year. The Portland convention also inspired the motto Service Above Self. During a con-vention outing on the Columbia River, Ben Collins, president of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, talked with Seattle Rotarian J.E. Pinkham about the proper way to organize a Rotary club, offering the principle his club had adopted: Service, Not Self. At the 1950 RI Convention in Detroit, slightly modified versions of the two slogans were formally approved as the official mottoes of Rotary: He Profits Most Who Serves Best and Service Above Self. The 1989 Council on Legislation established Service Above Self as the principal motto of Rotary, because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service. What does Service Above Self mean to you? Does it means giving up a Saturday of fun with your family to work on a local cleanup project? Or does it mean untold long days running a fundraiser for your club? Or maybe it means donating money to Polio Plus for the eradication of Polio? To me it means all of those things and much more. If you look in the dictionary under “Selfless” you find the following definition: having or showing great concern for other people and little or no concern for yourself. To me, that sounds like a pretty good definition of Service Above Self. I have to say that I’m proud to belong to an organization who believes in Service Above Self and you should be too! Sincerely, Mike

President Mike presents cer-

tificates of appreciation to members who demonstrated the Service Above commitment dur-

ing these past couple of months. Ron Floyd for making sure our first Aloha Raffle was a huge

success. Jimmy Wilson for oversite of our annual Demoltion Derby. Rick and JoAnn Sprenkle

for the endless hours required to ensure that our wine booth and margarita trailer were well

stocked with supplies and volunteers.

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CONGRATULATIONS GO TO...

1. Marv and Sharon Hampton, & D’Arcy Porter all won awards for their photographic entries in this year’s

county fair

2. District Governor John and Sandy Sullivan receive Paul Harris Major Donor award from RI President John

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3. Ann Platt announced that Sutter Hospital has been rated among the top 100 hospital’s to work at in the na-

tion according to Modern Health Care Magazine. This is a very prestigious award recently received for 2016.

4. Renee Davis announced that Hospice of Amador and Calaveras has received the 2016 Excellence in Health

Care Award from the Calaveras Commission on Aging.

5. Keith Devoignes was recently informed that his youngest son and his wife are expecting their first child.

Knowing that the baby is going to be a boy, they plan on naming the baby Walter Elwood DeVoignes. El-

wood is a family name since Keith’s first name is also El-

THE ALOHA RAFFLE

Ron F reports that we had an 87% participation rate by the

club members. A total of $12,500 worth of tickets were sold

which should ensure a nice profit for the club. Congratula-

tions to the winners and a big thank you goes out to all who

purchased tickets. The money raised will be used for projects

in our community.

The winners are:

1. First Place—Jim Powell (ticket sold by Rick Sprenkle)

2. Second Place—ADG Berta Picket (Upcountry Rotary)

3. Third Place—County Sup Richard Forster (Ione Rotary)

WHERE AM I…?

Over the years, the Jackson Rotary Club has giv-

en back to the community through a variety of

projects and services that benefit the community

at large. Typically, you will see a rotary logo grac-

ing the project as a silent reminder that “we were

there”. In the weeks to come, we will post a pho-

to of these logos which will highlight some of our

projects.

So … do YOU know where this is? Do you

know what we had to do to complete this pro-

ject? For the answer to the first question see page

4 of this newsletter. For the answer to the 2nd

question, come to our meeting tomorrow.

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WINE BOOTH CLEAN UP

PRE-FAIR BBQ

WINE BOOTH AND BEVERAGE TRAILER

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DEMOLITION DERBY 2016

A special Thank You goes out to Sheryl Harmston for stepping up as our

trophy presenter during the Demolition Derby. As shown by the fact that she

was wearing tennies (and not boots) I’m pretty sure that she was not thinking

that she would be asked perform this task for the club!

WHERE AM I…?

The answer is : John Aime Field in Dexter Park in Jackson

VISTA POINT CLEANUP WORK PARTY

The weeds were over grown and out of

control. Past President Art Long put out

a call for an impromptu work party to

clean up vista point. The call to arms

was answered by a few members which

included (but not limited to) President

Mike F, Tina F, Rich M and Art L. Nice

job gang...

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Tuesday August 9th - Board Meeting beginning at 4:30pm

Tuesday August 9th - Club Assembly

Tuesday August 16th - Gwen Startett: Citizens Climate Lobby

Tuesday August 23rd - TBD

Tuesday August 30th - Sgt John Silva: Amador County SO Code Red Program

Thurs.-Sun., May 18-21, 2017 District Conference - Atlantis, Reno

June 10-14, 2017 Rotary International Convention - Atlanta GA

>>CLUB CALENDAR: SAVE THE DATE<<

THANK YOU

We appreciate the assistance offered by the

following members in creating this week’s

newsletter:

Dirk Wentling—Editor , Photography and

Content

Mike Flagg—Content and Photography

Marv Hampton– Content and Photography

Tina Flagg—Photography

President— Mike Flagg

Past President— Irene Perbal

President Elect— Dirk Wentling

President Elect Nominee— TBD

Secretary— Tina Flagg

Exec. Secretary— John Sullivan

Treasurer— Richard Campbell

District Governor —John Sullivan

Directors

Club Administration—Ron Floyd

Membership—Marv Hampton

Public Relations—Tammie Crabtree

Service Projects—Alan Roberts

Youth Services—Jim Wilmarth

Foundation Chair—Eric Johnson

Rotary Club of Jackson 2016-2017 Board of Directors

2016-2017

RI Theme:

Rotary Serving Human-

ity

Hwy 49/88 Mural is coming along just fine. I’m sure the heat wave of the

past few weeks has slowed down the progress but the design is becoming

apparent and it looks like the 1st panel is almost done.

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

Travers Lee August 5

Swift Ed August 11

Lukowicz Stan August 16

Platt Anne August 20

Carnicello Ashley August 21