Chartered March 12, 1959

2013-14 Rotary Leadership ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

Ron D. Burton International President

Rotary Club of Norman, Oklahoma, USA DISTRICT 5180

Bill Short District Governor

Fred Rowe Assistant Governor

Area 8 CLUB OFFICERS/

DIRECTORS Patrick Magnani

President Roland Wright

Immediate Past President Richard Ryan President Elect Lee N Wiggins

Secretary Dominic Mecklenburg

Treasurer Maureen McBride Club Administration

Richard Ryan Community Service Marilee Monagan

International Service Gene Long

Youth Services Bob Spears

Vocational Service David Stone

Sergeant at Arms David Stone

Rotary Foundation Joe Kaiser Membership

The Highlander June 2, 2014

Volume 56, Issue 40

THE ROTARY CLUB OF FOOTHILL- HIGHLANDS

SPECIAL PRESENTATION North Highlands Memorial Day Parade May 26, 2014

On behalf of the Rotary Club of Foothill-Highlands,

IPP Roland Wright and President Patrick accepted the First

Place Trophy for the club’s float in the

North Highlands Memorial Day Parade from Veterans of

Foreign Wars Post 4647 representatives Joel Hudspeth,

Junior Vice Commander and Carolyn Wallace.

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CALL TO ORDER In addition to his regular duties collecting

lunch money, PP Joe Kaiser served as our

official greeter. President Patrick Magnani

began the meeting at 12:15 p.m. PP

Dominic Mecklenburg led us in the

pledge and PP Lee Wiggins provided the

invocation. PP Annie Hallsten was the note

taker.

VISITING ROTARIANS AND

GUESTS

Club Communications - Richard Hansen

rch6242@comcast.net 916-332-7448

Rotary Club Address

P.O. Box 6 North Highlands, CA 95660- 0006

DONATE TO HELP OUR ROTARY CLUB SUPPORT LOCAL CHARITABLE AND NONPROFIT CAUSEIS.

Foothill-Highlands Rotary Club Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3)organization.

EIN 68-0392810, PayPal link on Club Website: http://www.foothillhighlandsrotary.org/

CLUB WEBSITE: www.foothillhighlandsrotary.org/

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DISTRICT 5180 WEBSITE: http://rotary5180.com

Today’s guests included Honorary Member

Brent Seizer, w ho w as the guest of

PP Marilee Monagan; Rod Fairlee, w ho

was the guest of President Patrick; Joel

Hudspeth, Junior Vice Com m ander

and Carolyn Wallace from the Veterans of

Foreign Wars Post 4647 in Antelope and

our speaker Bob Dunning, a columnist for

the Davis Enterprise newspaper.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Perfect Attendance Program

PP Dominic Mecklenburg announced the

Perfect Attendance Program recognitions at

the Community Outreach Academy in

McClellan, CA is scheduled for today. This is

the fourth year our club has supported this

program. There were 87 students who

achieved perfect attendance this year and

were being treated to a fun day at John’s

Incredible Pizza in Roseville.

Program Chairman Tim Strauch will be

visiting our club within the next few weeks to

share pictures of the event and to personally

thank us for our continuing support of this

worthwhile program.

ANTELOPE SUMMER FEST

The ANTELOPE SUMMER FEST took place

on Saturday, May 31st at the Antelope

Community Park. We had a Rotary booth

which was manned by PP Joe Kaiser, IPP

Roland Wright and his w ife, Diane and

President Patrick and his w ife, Jen.

Approximately 300 people were in attendance

and it was a great opportunity for us to have

visibility in the community.

Mystery Bus Trip

PP Joe Kaiser announced the Mystery Bus

Trip planned for June 14th has been

canceled.

North Highlands Jubilee

President Patrick announced the next

Planning Committee Meeting for the

North Highlands Jubilee is scheduled for

Thursday, June 5th at 6:00 p.m. at the

North Highlands Community Center, 6040

Watt Avenue, North Highlands.

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E-Waste4Good Program

“We raised $390.78 this fiscal year.”

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!

ANNOUNCEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Matching Grant Scholarships

IPP Roland Wright announced the Rotary

Club of Foothill-Highlands received 63

applications for our $500 District Grant

Scholarship Awards. The Scholarship

Review Committee, which included PPs

Dominic Mecklenburg, Marilee

Monagan, Bob Spears, Lee Wiggins

and Maureen McBride, reviewed all 63

Demotion Golf Tournament

PP Dominic Mecklenburg distr ibuted

flyers for this year’s Demotion Golf

Tournament scheduled for Wednesday, June

18th at the Woodcreek Oaks Golf

Course in Roseville. The cost is $35 per

golfer (eight have signed up with only 12 slots

available.) R.S.V.P. to Dominic (916) 995-

4006 as soon as possible if interested in

participating.

See attached flyer for more information.

June Board of Directors Meeting

The June board of directors’ meeting is

scheduled for Tuesday, June 10th at 6:00 p.m.

at Rich Ryan's office, 3820 Auburn Blvd.,

Suite #100, Sacramento, 95821.

This will be a joint meeting of the 2013-14 and

2014-15 boards.

IPP Roland Wright and President Patrick

on the club’s float in the

North Highlands Memorial Day

Parade

More photos and video’s on the

Club Website:

www.foothillhighlandsrotary.org/

1st Place

Trophy

for

Best Float

in the

Parade

applications and chose the top 20 candidates.

Those were submitted to the District for final

approval which should be made by the end of

June. As soon as the club gets final approval,

the students will be notified and the

scholarships will be awarded.

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End Polio Now Campaign

PP Marilee Monagan

continues to remind us of

the End Polio Now buckets

on the tables. Our new goal

is $1,000 by June 30th; and

with each meeting, we get

closer. We are within $100 of that goal and

we have just two more meetings to collect the

remaining money.

Let join forces to stamp out Polio. We can do

this!!!!!!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

JUNE IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH

CLUB CALENDAR:

JUNE 9 PAUL DURENBERGER/PROJECT

DIRECTOR-FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER

JUNE 10 JOINT BOARD MEETING

JUNE 16 KAY RESLER AND JUDY WOLF FROM

THE ROTARY CLUB OF DAVIS

TOPIC: WATER PROJECT IN GHANA

JUNE 18 DEMOTION GOLF TOURNAMENT

JUNE 23 DEMOTION DINNER FOR PRESIDENT

PATRICK

JUNE 30 DARK

DIST. 5180 CALENDAR:

NOTHING PLANNED

JOKES

PP Marilee Monagan and PP Dominic

Mecklenburg had jokes which garnered

no applause from the group so no fine-free

passes for either of them.

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FINES AND RECOGNITIONS

Fine Master David Stone asked if any of the

Rotarians had May birthdays or

anniversaries.

President Patrick w as first. He spun

a $10 for his 35th birthday on May 25th.

PP Maureen McBride spun a $7 in honor of

her birthday on May 22nd.

Congratulations to our birthday celebrants!

PP David Stone spun a $13 in honor of his

17th anniversary in Rotary. David also spun

a $8 for being tardy to today’s meeting.

PP Joe Kaiser spun a $10 in honor of his

Rotary anniversary. He joined Rotary in

1987.

Congratulations to David and Joe for their

Rotary anniversaries and thanks for their

years of service.

PP Marilee Monagan bonged the gong to

become a Sustaining Member of The Rotary

Foundation.

Thanks to Marilee for her generosity to The

Rotary Foundation.

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.

Sharon Bias (B) PHF+1

Sonja Cameron (GRIF) PHF

Warren Coffeen PHF+ 1

Jeff Donlevy (B)(RIF)

Annie Hallsten (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 1

John Hallsten (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 5

Richard Hansen (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 5

Joe Kaiser (GRIF) PHF+ 7

Gordon Lipp (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 2

Gene Long (GRIF) PHF

Patrick Magnani (B)(GRIF) PHF

Maureen McBride (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 8 +

Dominic Mecklenburg (B)(GRIFx3) PHF+ 4

Bob Meyer (B) (GRIF) PHF+ 4

Marilee Monagan (GRIFx2) PHF+ 2

Sam Morgan (B )(GRIFx2) PHF+ 4

Kwanchai

Patanapongpibul

Erik Nooren (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 7

Richard Ryan (B)(GRIF) PHF

Bob Spears (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 2

David Stone (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 5

Lee Wiggins (B)(GRIFx2) PHF+ 3

Roland Wright (B)(GRIF x3) PHF+ 4

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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Our vocational minute was provided by IPP

Roland Wright.

Roland gr ew u p in Rio Linda w her e

his parents have lived for over 60 years.

Before starting high school, Roland’s

family of seven was greatly impacted by his

father's job loss. He was in the Boilermakers

Union and worked as a stainless steel metal

finisher. His company relocated to Florida;

but he decided to stay in Sacramento.

Unfortunately, that decision negatively

affected his future employment with the

Union. His dad’s deafness, combined with

more stringent Workman's Comp Laws,

prevented his dad from working again for

the Union.

In the summer of 1980 when he was a

junior in high school, Roland went out on

his own. He worked at a variety of odd jobs

while still attending school.

He described himself as an OK student, but

spent 4-5 periods a day in shop classes with

poor attendance in other required classes.

One day during his senior year, his Shop

teacher enrolled Roland in the Regional

Occupation Program (ROP) and helped him

get a job with Hallsten Corp., where he

earned credits toward graduation. Upon

completion of the ROP requirements and

graduation from Rio Linda High School in

1982, Roland w as hired as a full-time

employee at the prevailing minimum wage.

His first two pay increases were due to an

increase in the minimum wage laws.

After about four years, Roland was

recognized as a lead fabricator and assigned

the job of Shop Supervisor, which he held for

over six years.

Roland is a trained professional

fabricator and a certified welder in

aluminum, structural steel and stainless

steel alloys. He enjoys designing and

inventing new aluminum extrusions which

furthers the development of new products

and integrates them into the development of

manufacturing processes to improve the

quality, safety and productivity of the plant.

Today, Roland is Vice President of Hallsten

Corporation with over 32 years experience.

VOCATIONAL MINUTE

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS

WEEK’S PROGRAM

Locally, Bob Dunning received the 1986 A.G.

Brinley Award and was inducted into the Davis

High School Hall of Fame in 2012. Bob gave

the city its unofficial motto, "The City of All

Things Right and Relevant." This is how the

charitable consignment store All Things Right

and Relevant got its name.

For the last 44 years, Bob has written a daily

newspaper column for The Davis Enterprise

and has been selected four times as Columnist

-of-the-Year in the state of California by the

California Newspaper Publishers Association.

His column is currently the longest-running

daily newspaper column in America.

He is married to the love of his life, Shelley, a

Montana native. He is the father of six and

grandfather of five, some of whose names he

can actually remember.

Talk title: "Everything you wanted to know

about the People's Republic of Davis but were

afraid to ask."

Often associated with bikes, big red buses and

cows, Davis was once claimed to be America’s

Weirdest City in the satirical Weekly World

News.

The town is home to peculiar urban legends,

like historic potholes and Ted the Titan, and

distinctive sites like the infamous Toad Tunnel

and Baggins End.

The concept of a toad tunnel first sprang about

when the city was in the process of building an

overpass by Pole Line Road in 1994.

“Helping the toads to find a happy little

habitat was the intention,” said John

McNerney, the wildlife resource specialist of

the City of Davis. “The main idea is that they

would encounter earthen berm.”

PP David Stone introduced Bob Dunning.

Bob is a local m edia figure, both in

print and on the radio. He writes for The

Davis Enterprise and has hosted both

local and national radio talk shows. After

beginning his talk radio career with a three

-hour nightly show on KFBK in

Sacramento, Bob also hosted a daily

nationally-syndicated radio talk show on

Sirius Satellite Radio. For the last 15

years, he has been the host of a daily one-

hour radio show throughout Northern

California.

Some people find his popularity

perplexing. He is a vocal opponent of

Choice Voting and has been an outspoken

supporter of U.C. Davis Football and the

California Aggie Marching Band for many

years. He is a proud defender of East Davis

and opposed the closing of Valley Oak

Elementary School. He opposes the

potential plastic bag ban; and for a while,

wrote pretty obsessively about it.

Bob grew up in Davis, attended local

schools and graduated from U.C. Davis

School of Law in 1973, yet tries to portray

himself as just a humble guy in

comparison to all of the PhDs who live in

Davis. His humble status doesn't stop him

from correcting everyone's grammar,

however — e.g., he insists that "League of

Women Voters" should be "League of

Woman Voters," since "woman" is used as

an adjective.

He appeared in The Saga of Yona.

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President Patrick and Bob Dunning

President Patrick presented Bob w ith a

Rotary gift in gratitude for his informative

presentation.

Then, as always, President Patrick asked

everyone to join him in a toast to “Rotary

Around the World” and the meeting was

adjourned.

Davis to be considered a strange place where

potholes are categorized as endangered

species. Hence, the “historic potholes” myth

that ensued for years to come.

Though it may not seem inherently apparent,

Davis is filled with hidden gems that continue

to preserve the quirkiness of the city. Looking

beyond the rows of bikes, there just may be

another uncommon marvel.

Community members such as Julie

Partansky, who later became the mayor of

Davis, were concerned that toads would be

inevitably mashed in the process of their

hippity-hopping across the overpass.

After much deliberation, Partanksy

convinced the Davis City Council to build

an approximately 220-foot long corridor

tunnel with an 18-inch diameter of

corrugated steel pipe. Word of the tunnel

spread shortly after it was built, and it

eventually appeared on “The Daily Show”

in 1999. Though “The Daily Show”

claimed the project cost $20,000,

McNerney said it was $2,000, and not a

substantial amount of taxpayer money.

Over time, McNerney has sampled the

local ponds for larval surveys, but found

no sign of Western Toad larvae. “Several

years after (the tunnel was built), we saw

the Western Toad fall below previous

levels,” McNerney said. Though the cause

of decline in the species has not been

explicitly determined, a vast portion of

hibernation habitat has been removed due

to land conversion by Second Street. In

spite of the fact that the species population

has faltered, McNerney said he believes

that the community has kept the “spirit of

the toads’” alive. On the eastern terminus

of the tunnel by the South Davis Post

Office, a little toad village has been set up

in honor of the creatures.

On another issue, Mayor Julie Partansky

argued that the plan to pave the alleyways

between downtown Davis homes may

possibly “disturb or destroy historic

artifacts” due to the fact that the alleyways

were built with the original

neighborhoods. Initially, her words were

misunderstood in an interview, causing

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DEMOTION GOLF Save the Date!

Wednesday, June 18th

Time TBA (about noon)

Woodcreek Oaks Golf Course (Roseville)

18 holes w/cart

Sleeve of balls

Range token

Lunch on the cart

Fabulous prizes!!

Water, soda and beer included

$35 per golfer

[ only 12 slots available ]

R.S.V.P. to Dominic

(916) 995-4006

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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.

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IF YOU HAVE A VEHICLE

THAT YOU ARE THINKING OF TRADING IN OR SELLING,

CONSIDER DONATING IT TO THE

“ROTARY CLUB OF FOOTHILL-HIGHLANDS

DONATE-A-CAR PROGRAM”

When your vehicle is sold, the proceeds will go to the “Rotary Club of Foothill-Highlands” to

help support local charitable and non-profit causes. The Foothill-Highlands Rotary Club

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