The Voice of the Vineyards The Weekly Electronic Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Healdsburg

“The mission of a bulletin is inform the membership, comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable”

Author: Kate Buchanan

Photographer: Rick Tang

Editor/Publisher: George Heath

March 14, 2016

WELCOME

President John Hazlett called the meeting to order and asked

Jeff Civian to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: Barbara Rosen. “Advice is what

we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we

didn’t.” Erica Jong

VISITING ROTARIANS

• Dale Knight, Rohnert Park-Cotati Club, Speaker of the Day

GUESTS of ROTARIANS

• Glen Sirchuk, guest of John Torres

• Neale Miller, guest of Ted Calvert

~~~ Vintage Valley Catering served luncheon of dry

salad, pork chili, vegetables, cornbread, and brownies

for dessert. ~~~ 1 Yum (Yum scale is from 0 to 5, with

5 being excellent.)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Prez John announced a stand-up Board Meeting after today’s meeting.

• Henk Peeters thanked those who

volunteered for Freedom Day (March 11),

and, in turn, was thanked for his work by

Prez John.

• Henk also thanked the volunteers for the

Science Fair and the Internship Program.

• Henk also asked for volunteers to help boil

Easter Eggs for our upcoming Egg Hunt. If

you can help, be at the Villa March 23 at 8

AM.

• Kent Mitchell assured us that the Easter Bunny

would be on hand for the March 26 event.

• Richard Norgrove and Lynda Guthrie reminded us

that Green Hair Day is coming up on St. Patrick’s Day,

March 17, THIS Thursday. It’s time to start lining up your

pledges!!! The form and flyer are attached to an email

Lynda sent everyone. Richard has already nearly $3000!!!

The parade starts promptly at 7:00 AM. Arrive at 6:30 to get

your hair sprayed green.

• Kent Mitchell reminded us of the upcoming Healdsburg Club Service event to be held

April 26 at Robert Young Winery.

• Nita Parker pointed out the flyers on the tables for the

Cloverdale Club’s fundraiser to be held tomorrow at

the Cloverdale Mary’s Pizza. And reminded us that

this year is Rotary’s 100th year!

• Rick Tang thanked Dale Knight for stepping up to fill

in for today’s speaker, Larry Myers.

• The District Training Assembly will be April 9 in Ukiah.

• Our SCARC dinner will be April 28. Please plan to attend!

• PP John Avakian thanked Richard Norgrove for his

generosity in donating a whiskey tasting dinner at the

Crab Feast, and mentioned there is room for 2 more.

Please contact John if you are interested ($156 pp.)

RECOGNITION

• Prez John recognized Rich Bottarini with a pin for bringing in new member Jeff

Civian.

• The following Rotarians were recognized for having March birthdays: Lynda Guthrie -

$76 to Polio Plus, Al Loebel - $25 to his wife’s PH, and Richard Norgrove - $69 to the

general fund.

• Rich Bottarini was recognized for his

upcoming trips to New Zealand, Georgia and Scottsdale

- $30 Scholarship Fund.

• PP Kent Mitchell recognized Richard Norgrove for recently celebrating the 20th

anniversary of the Bear Republic. Kent also recognized Richard for everything he does

for Rotary.

• Jerry Ogden was recognized for his recent trip to

Spring Training in Scottsdale, where he saw Willie

Mays! $50 -Green Hair Day.

Prez John copped out of paying a fine for his birthday with a Veterans Day voucher

PROGRAM

Bob Freelen introduced today’s speaker,

Dale Knight, whose topic was End Polio

Now. She had a friend as a child who

contracted polio at age 7, which greatly

affected her. In 1969, she was in the Peace

Corps in Somalia and saw children crippled

with polio crawling through the roads

wearing rubber flip flops on their hands and

knees. Rotary first got involved treating

polio in 1922. In 1985, there were 350,000

new cases of polio. This year-to-date, the

number is 6, all in Afghanistan and

Pakistan. Rotary partners in the fight

against polio include the Gates Foundation, Unicef, WHO, and the CDC. The Gates Foundation

matches every $1 we raise with $2.

Dr Dave then joined the presentation. He mentioned

that during the 1950’s, polio was on the rise. Only 1%

of those infected with the polio virus have severe

symptoms. 19% of the 1% develop paralysis of the

diaphragm. Jonas Salk developed the first polio

vaccine. He didn’t patent it, as he wanted to make it

available to the rest of the world. Sabin developed the

oral vaccine. Our Rotary Club has raised $10-13 K

every year for Polio Plus, which amounts to over $200

K, once its matched.

RAFFLE: Max Dunn had the winning ticket, but not

the winning marble. He did receive a lovely bottle of

Bertapelle wine!

CLOSING: Prez John thanked visitors and guests for coming, and rang the bell.

NEXT MEETING: Speaker Ted Calvert "Fitch Mtn and Beyond"