2015-16 Rotary Leadership ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran International President

Rotary Club of Colombo

Western Province, Sri Lanka

DISTRICT 5180 Glenn Fong

District Governor Joe Scheimer

Assistant Governor Area 8

CLUB OFFICERS/DIRECTORS Gene Long President

TBA President Elect

David M. Stone

Vice President/Programs

Dominic Mecklenburg Treasurer

Roland Wright Secy./Club Admin.

Jeff Donlevy Community Service

Bob Meyer International Service

TBA Vocational Service

Patrick Magnani Youth Services

Membership

Maureen McBride Sgt. At Arms

Rotary Foundation

The Highlander

November 16, 2015

Volume 58, Issue 18

THE ROTARY CLUB OF FOOTHILL- HIGHLANDS

Chartered March 12, 1959

100% Sustaining Member Club

District Foundation Chair PDG Robert Deering and Annual Giving Chair ADG Jack Arney presented President Gene Long with a banner recognizing the Rotary Club of Foothill-Highlands as one of only four clubs in District 5180 who achieved the status of 100% Paul Harris Sustaining Member Club, which meant every member of the club contributed at least $100 during the 2014-15 Rotary year.

NOVEMBER IS

ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH

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VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS

Club Communications - Richard Hansen

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

President Gene Long began the m eeting

promptly at 12:15 p.m. Our Official Greeter

was Gordon Lipp. Leading us in the pledge

was Richard Hansen and PP Maureen McBride

provided the invocation which included a

moment of silent for the victims of last Friday’s

terrorist attacks in Paris. Richard Hansen was

the note taker.

CALL TO ORDER

Our only guests today were speakers PDG and

District Foundation Chair Robert Deering

from the Rotary Club of East Sacramento and

District Annual Giving Chair and ADG Area 5

Jack Arney from the Rotary Club of

Roseville.

Annual Holiday Party

Our Annual Holiday Party is scheduled for

Monday, December 7th. Festivities will

begin at 6:15 P.M. with no host cocktails and

dinner service beginning at 7:00 P.M.

in Club Ballroom A. The cost is $45 per

person which will include a bottle of red and a

bottle of white wine on each table.

We will have our usual gift exchange—items

should have a value of $20. PP Dominic

Mecklenburg w ill serve as our

Christmas Elf.

A sign-up sheet was circulated at today’s

meeting and will be available again on

November 30th.

Beautiful Holiday Evergreens

from the Pacific Northwest ORDER PLACED!! Here ’s what’s left: 2 large wreaths @ $28 ea. and 3 centerpieces @ $17 ea.

(See attached Flyer Page 13)

Contact Dominic to reserve one TODAY! “Orders will be delivered in the two weeks following Thanksgiving.”

Call PP Dominic Mecklenburg

916-995-4006 or email:

dmecklenburg@comcast.net Rotary Night at the Kings

Come support the End Polio Now Campaign.

Enjoy an exciting game between your

Sacramento Kings the Dallas Mavericks on

November 30th. A portion of the ticket

proceeds will benefit PolioPlus.

See flyer on page 14.

NO MEETING NEXT WEEK

In Observance of

Thanksgiving

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Night at the Museum

PP Maureen McBride and President Gene

announced that we have secured the

California Railroad Museum for our major

fundraiser of the year. Mark your calendars

for Friday, April 22, 2016.

All members are asked to provide at least two

items for the Balloon Pop. The value of

each item should be at least $20.

Members are also asked to provide one item

for the silent auction.

Christmas Food Basket Programs On Friday, Dec. 11th at 5 pm, McClellan

Business Park will need some volunteers to

help with their Christmas Food Basket

Program. It will take about two hours of

setting things up. Location in McClellan TBD.

They will also need volunteers on Sat., Dec 12th

at 8 am. Location TBD.

On Wednesday, Dec. 16th at 4:30 pm, the

Optimist Club will need help putting their gift

baskets together. Location TBD

If anyone can help, please contact Jeff

Donlevy—

jrd@recyclingindustries.com

E-Waste4Good Program

You can bring anything, anytime to Umpqua

Bank or PP Dominic Mecklenburg is happy

to collect your “electronic junk” on Mondays at

our regular meetings. If you would like to

schedule a pickup at your home or office

location, just let him know!

More information on page 15

To date, we have received a total of $319.47 for

our E-waste Project for this fiscal year.

District Speech Contest

The date has been set for the club-level speech

contest—February 22, 2016. Contact

Chair Bob Spears with questions or to help.

PAUL HARRIS SUSTAINING

FELLOWS

PP and Foundation Chair Maureen McBride

thanked Past Presidents Marilee Monagan,

David Stone and Patrick Magnani for

their recent contributions of $100.00 to The

Rotary Foundation and becoming our newest

2015-16 Paul Harris Sustaining Fellows.

Mo gave Marilee, David and Patrick a

special sticker for their badges in recognition

of their contributions. There are now thirteen

members who have the special stickers affixed

to their Rotary badges.

Thanks to our Sustaining Members for their

support.

FOUNDATION RECOGNITIONS

ROTARIANS AT WORK SHIRTS!!

Inspired by Jeff Donlevy, Dominic

Mecklenburg w ill be order ing

ROTARIANS AT WORK SHIRTS. They

feature the new Rotary logo on the front. The

prices are:

$15 ea. Short Sleeve (Gold or Blue)

$19 ea. Long Sleeve (Blue only)

Pictures and a sizing chart on Page

12. If we get a large enough order, the price

may drop $1. Send Dominic your quantity

and sizes by Friday, November 20th.

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FOUNDATION NEWS

END POLIO NOW CAMPAIGN

Our goal this year for

Polio giving is $1,000.

We continue to have our

END POLIO NOW

banks on the tables at

our weekly meetings.

We ask that you —-

BRING YOUR CHANGE FOR CHANGE.

The END POLIO NOW campaign is one of

Rotary International’s top priorities this year.

Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates

Foundation have extended their partnership

during the critical endgame phase of the

Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Thanks to

this partnership our contributions are

matched two for one—$25 becomes $75.

The yield this week from the banks on the

tables at our weekly meetings was $16.00.

To date, we have collected $303.07 toward our

goal of $1,000.

REMEMBER: Anyone w ho donates $25

or more gets a special End Polio Now pin.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH

CLUB CALENDAR:

NOV. 23 NO MEETING (THANKSGIVING WEEK)

NOV. 30 TOM CIICCHINI/POLIS PLUS

DEC. 7 ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY

DEC. 14 ANNUAL MEETIMG/ELECTION OF 2016-

17 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

DEC. 21 NO MEETING (CHRISTMAS WEEK)

DEC. 28 NO MEETING (NEW YEAR’S WEEK)

DISTRICT 5180 CALENDAR:

JAN. 3 DINNER WITH RI PRESIDENT IN SAN

JOSE

MAY 19-22 DISTRICT CONFERENCE

DOUBLE TREE HOTEL/BERKELEY

MARINA

JOKES

PP Bob Spears told the only joke which was

different from his usual ones and very funny.

He received a unanimous fine-free pass.

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ANNUAL GIVING/PAUL HARRIS

SUSTAINING FELLOWS

Our Club goal is to have every Rotarian

contribute at least $100 to The Rotary

Foundation and str ive to achieve the

status of 100% EREY and 100% Paul Harris

Sustaining Fellows for the second year in a

row. November is the perfect time to become a

Sustaining Fellow as it is Rotary

Foundation Month.

To date, we have eleven (13) paid Paul Harris

Sustaining Fellows and two (2) additional

members who have bonged the gong and

pledged $100. Each paid sustainer has

received a special sticker for their badges.

We’re on our way to reaching our goal of being

a 100% Paul Harris Sustaining Fellow Club.

ROTARY FOUNDATION BENEFACTORS

NAME

Donlevy, Jeff

Hallsten, John

Hansen, Richard

Kaiser, Joe

Lipp, Gordon

Long, Gene

Magnani, Patrick

McBride, Maureen

Mecklenburg, Dominic

Meyer, Bob

Monagan, Marilee

Morgan, Cheryl (Sam)

Spears, Robert B.

Stone, David M.

Wiggins, Lee N.

Wright, Roland

A Benefactor (has contributed $1,000 to the

Permanent Fund or made provisions in their

will of at least $1,000 benefiting The Rotary

Foundation).

FINES AND RECOGNITIONS

Fine Master Maureen McBride began by

asking if anyone had a Happy Thoughts.

PP Patrick Magnani sprang to his feet and

said he was very happy. Patrick shared he

has friends and family in Paris and they are all

safe. Patrick spun the wheel for a two. All

Rotarians paid $1.

John Hallsten w as proud to share that

his youngest grandchild started college. John

spun the wheel for $10.

Mo then told President Gene that she

had errands to run before Rotary, got finished

earlier than expected and arrived at the Lions

Gate very early. Someone came by looking for

President Gene; and w hen Mo told the

person President Gene would not arrive for

another hour, the person ask if Mo could give

President Gene a package. In the

package was a suitcase with a letter attached

which described an incident which occurred

several weeks ago when one of President

Gene’s gavel disappeared. Photos and

letter on page 8. The gavel has returned.

When President Gene returned to the

podium, he told the group that PP Dominic

Mecklenburg reiterated several tim es

prior to the mini Rotarians-at-Work Project

that the volunteers should wear their

Rotarians-at-Work T-shirts. It appears

PP Dominic did not wear his. President Gene

asked him to spin the wheel which landed on

$9.

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Mini Rotarians-at-Work Day Project

On Friday, November 13th starting at 9:30am, we had a mini Rotarians at Work Day Project for a

local resident of Antelope. The Rotarians lifted a piece of sidewalk, trimmed back some tree roots

and placed the concrete slab back in place like a puzzle piece. It was successful, we’re done!

There was no cost to the Club. The crew providing the manpower included Past Presidents

Dominic Mecklenburg, Patrick Magnani, Roland Wright, President Gene Long and

Jeff Donlevy,

Before Pictures

Dominic

fixing pipe

Big Tree Root

Lots of Manpower President Gene

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Completed Project

Roland, President Gene, Jeff and Patrick

Roland, President Gene and Dominic

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DEAR PRESIDENT GENE:

AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, MANY WEEKS AGO I WAS ABANDONED AT

THE LIONS GATE. I WATCHED LONGINGLY AS YOU LEFT AND WALKED

DOWN THE PATH TO YOUR CAR APPEARING NOT TO GIVE ME A

SECOND THOUGHT. I TRIED TO FOLLOW BUT COULDN'T. I WAS SO

DISTRESSED.

SOMEONE SAW ME ALONE AND SCARED. THEY TOOK PITY ON ME AND

OFFERED TO TAKE CARE OF ME.

WE'VE BEEN TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE STATE SINCE I LAST SAW YOU.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TRAVEL STICKERS ON MY SUITCASE, I'VE SEEN

A LOT OF CALIFORNIA SINCE WE WERE TOGETHER LAST. I'VE HAD A GREAT

TIME. BUT, ALAS, I WAS HOMESICK EVEN THOUGH I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T

CARE.

I'VE BEEN SO LONESOME AND MISSED SEEING YOU SO I DECIDED TO

MAKE MY WAY HOME TO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS WITH YOU AND THE

FAMILY.

MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT YOU KEEP A MORE WATCHFUL EYE ON ME IN

THE FUTURE AS THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE JUST WAITING TO GAVEL

NAP ME.

SIGNED: THE GAVEL

Return of the Blue Metal Gavel

President Gene all smiles with gavels

in hand

Suitcase with Travel Stickers where the blue

gavel had been these many long weeks.

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BELL RINGERS, GONG BONGERS

PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS

A Paul Harris Fellow is an individual who

contributes $1,000 to the Rotary

International Annual Program Fund or

other approved programs. Each additional

$1,000 contribution is recognized with a

plus and the number.

Jordan Backhaus PHF

Sonja Cameron (GRIF) PHF

Warren Coffeen PHF+ 1

Jeff Donlevy (B) PHF

John Hallsten (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 5

Richard Hansen (GRIF) PHF+ 6

Joe Kaiser (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 7

Gordon Lipp (GRIF) PHF+ 2

Gene Long (GRIF) ($100 Polio +)

PHF

Gene Long Sr.

Patrick Magnani (B)(GRIF) PHF

Maureen McBride (GRIF) PHF+ 8 +

Dominic Mecklenburg (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 7

Bob Meyer (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 4

Marilee Monagan (GRIF) PHF+ 2

Sam Morgan (B)

PHF+ 4

Bob Spears (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 2

David Stone (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 5

Lee Wiggins (GRIF) PHF+ 4

Roland Wright (B)(GRIF)(GRIF) PHF+ 5

Bell Ringer & Gong Codes:

(B) = Bell Ringer hi$100 to Club

(GFHF) = Gonger $100 to Club Foundation

(GRIF) = Gonger $100 to RI Foundation

(RIF) = $100 to Rotary Foundation

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS

WEEK’S MEETING

PP David Stone introduced District

Foundation Chair PDG Robert Deering.

Upon graduation from the University of

Denver, Bob began working for the

accounting firm, Pomares & Co., LLP and

soon earned his Certified Public Accounting

designation. He became a partner of that

firm in 1979 and their managing partner

until 2010. He helped establish a national

industry specialization organization called

the AutoCPA Group, which specializes in

accounting for automobile dealers and was

their chairman in 1995-96.

Joining the Rotary Club of East Sacramento

in May 1985, Bob has served as a director of

the club on numerous occasions. He was

their president in 1996-97 and has been

awarded their Rotarian of Year and “Chick

Alexander Memorial Award” for outstanding

contributions to Rotary. He is a Major

Donor, a member of the Paul Harris Society,

the Bequest Society, and has received The

Rotary Foundation District Service Award.

In District 5180, Bob has served as District

Treasurer, Assistant Governor, Chair of the

Group Study Exchange Committee, District

Training Assembly; and currently, he is the

District Rotary Foundation Coordinator. He

led the Group Study Exchange team to

Sweden in 2007.

Bob served as Distr ict Governor

during the 2012-13Rotary year. He is the

Chief Financial Officer for Zones 25 and 26

of Rotary International and just recently

chaired the training of the District Governor

Nominees in 24 zones on the west coast.

PP David Stone then introduced Assistant

District Governor Jack Arney.

A member of the Rotary Club of Roseville, Jack

has been an active Rotarian since 2007. He

became President of the his club in 2012 and

since 2013 has served the District 5180 as EREY

Chair, Annual Giving Chair, Assistant Governor,

Chair of the 2015 Foundation Dinner and Chair

of the 2017 District Conference.

Jack is m arried to Maureen, w ho see ’s

Rotary from the eyes of her mom who

contracted polio in her late teens, which altered

her life, but not her spirit. Jack has two kids,

Isabela & Reagan. Isabela is a sophomore at Del

Oro High School and is in the Interact club and

Reagan has attended several club meetings with

his Dad.

Jack ow ns his ow n business, coaches

football, runs a cycling team and races bikes

when he is not working on Rotary projects.

Today’s topic was the Rotary District 5180

“million Doller club challenge.”

What is included in the challenge?

Total Annual Giving

Total Polio Plus (Including Gates Foundation

2 for 1 Challenge)

Total $$$ Major and Endowment Fund Gifts

$$$$$ for Grant Projects

Total for the District = $1,000,000

How can we do that?

Total Annual Giving - $350,000

Total Polio Plus (Including Gates Foundation

2 for 1 Challenge) - $100,000 + $200,000 =

$300,000

Total $$$ Major and Endowment Fund Gifts

- $250,000

$$$$$ for Grant Projects - $100,000

Total for the District = $1,000,000

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Bob and Jack answ ered questions from

the Rotarians and then presented President

Gene the Rotary Foundation 100%

Sustaining Member Club banner.

AG Jack Arney, PDG Robert Deering and

President Gene

As is our usual custom, President Gene

presented the speakers with gifts in gratitude

for their informative presentation.

President Gene then asked us to stand,

raise our glasses and join him in a toast to

Rotary Around the World.

The meeting was then adjourned.

Annual Giving—What can I do to make

my Challenge?

Make EREY Your Minimum Club Goal

Encourage Paul Harris Fellows: Paul Harris

Fellow to Family Members (Rotarian

Donates $750, District Contributes $250

Points)

District Million $$$$ Challenge Per Capita

Awards for Top Three Clubs

Ideas for Raising Foundation Funds

Grant projects– What do I do to make

my Challenge?

Get involved in District Grant Projects

Partner with Clubs the have received a

District Grant

Find an International Project in Six Areas of

Focus to provide $$$ for World Fund

Grants

Develop own project

Partner with another Club

Develop a Vocational Training Team

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DISTRICT NEWS SAVE the DATE

2015-2016 Rotary International

President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran w ill be

in San Jose, CA on Sunday, January 3, 2016 for

a special dinner with Rotarians from Northern

CA. The event will be held at the Doubletree

Hotel.

District 5180 has reserved two tables of ten.

The dinner is $80/person.

For those wishing to stay overnight, a special

room rate of $99/night has been negotiated.

ROTARIANS AT WORK SHIRTS

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E-WASTE RECYCLING IS HERE!

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET RID OF SOME UNWANTED CLUTTER AND HELP OUR

CLUB RAISE SOME MONEY. THEY WILL ACCEPT ANY PIECE OF ELECTRONICS INCLUDING TV’S, COMPUTERS,

APPLIANCES, CORDS, KEYBOARDS, MICE AND EVEN POWER TOOLS. THE HEAVIER THE BETTER (WE GET PAID BY THE

WEIGHT!) ANYTHING WITH A CORD IS ACCEPTABLE, AND THEY TAKE THE CORDS TOO. THEY SEPARATE AND RECYCLE

THE PLASTIC, METAL…EVERYTHING! IF YOU HAVE ITEMS TO DONATE, GIVE ME A CALL TO COORDINATE THE

PICKUP. SOME ITEMS I CAN COLLECT AT OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS TOO! IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS OR RELATIVES THAT

HAVE SOME E-WASTE, I CAN ARRANGE FOR A FREE PICKUP FOR THEM TOO!

THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT. CONTACT DOMINIC FOR MORE INFORMATION.

You can also call eWaste-4good at 800-317-3112 and tell them proceeds are to go to The Rotary Club of Foothill-Highlands.

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