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: Lynda Guthrie

Photographer: Rick Tang

Editor/Publisher: George Heath

September 18, 2017

WELCOME!

President Kate Buchanan called the meeting to order and

asked Mark Decker to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

TRIVIA QUESTIONS: Winners received a free Raffle Ticket.

Which of the Beatles is barefoot on the Abby Road

album? Dick Bertapelle gave the correct answer:

Paul McCartney.

Who wrote and recorded the one-hit wonder, “Spirit

in the Sky? Susan Glowacki gave the correct answer:

Norman Greenbaum.

How many keys are on most baby grand pianos? Jeff

Civian gave the correct answer: 88.

DEDICATION SLIDE

President Kate showed the slide honoring the late Kent Mitchell and Max Dunn.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY by Barack Obama

“Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to reclaim that spirit of

unity that followed 9/11.”

INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROTARIANS

George Dutton from Healdsburg Sunrise was introduced.

INTRODUCTION OF MEMBER GUESTS

Jim Westfall introduced his sister Jan Westfall

and her husband Andrew Levin.

Dick Bertapelle introduced Dinna Jameson from

Healdsburg Center for the Arts

Henk Peeters introduced Eduardo Magdaleen, a

recent graduate of Human Resources from San Jose

State, who wished to thank us for his four years of

financial support…

…His friend Jose Gonzalez attended the meeting

with him.

George Dutton introduced his guests, Dave

Brown…

… and nephew, Warren Dutton.

Dan Chapin introduced Sara Seaborn, who

was recently employed by Dan at Left Coast

Marketing.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

John Avakian:

o Next week we will begin soliciting Silent

Auction Items. John will send an email with the list of

companies so members can sign up as solicitors.

o PSST needs a volunteer to mentor two

PSST students.

Pat Williams: There will be a Social at Jeff

Civian’s beginning at 5:30pm on Tuesday, September 26.

President Kate: SCARC “Pizza and Pinot” Dinner at 5:30pm on Thursday, September

28th

at the General Daughter’s in Sonoma. RSVP by the 21st.

Dinna Jameson from Healdsburg Center for

the Arts: Thanked us for our Donation to the

Art After Dark program initiated this year and

invited us to attend the last Art After Dark event

this Friday night from 7 – 9:30pm on Plaza

Street between Center and North.

Mark Decker announced that the HB City Council

was going to posthumously recognize Max Dunn

with a special award for his many service

contributions to the community over the years. The

award will be presented to Carolyn Dunn at

tonight's City Council meeting.

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAY

Dan Chapin donated $42 to his Paul Harris and

announced that he had purchased a Tent Trailer.

HAPPY DOLLARS

John Hazlett donated $25 to the Rotary

Foundation for his camping trip to Washington and

Oregon.

Lynda Guthrie donated $25 to the Rotary

Foundation for her 25-day trip to Denmark,

Norway and Sweden.

John Torres donated $25 to the Club for his

attendance at the Dodger/Giants game.

Jeff Civian donated $100 to the Rotary Foundation

for his trip to Spain, including sightseeing in St

Sebastian and a visit with his grandchild.

RAFFLE

Neal Miller had the winning ticket but didn’t

get the winning marble. He was given a Rain

Check for a bottle of Bertapelle wine!

PROGRAM: CRAFT TALKS

Nita Parker: She began by

thanking Larry Buchanan and Neal Miller

for helping with the Adopt-A-Highway

clean up last weekend. Highlights of her

talk are as follows:

o Grew up in Hanaford, PA

on the Mainline with her Mother and

wonderful Stepfather and loved camping

and visiting the Jersey Shore.

o Attended a College Prep

High School where she played Field

Hockey, Basketball and Lacrosse and took

French which helped during later travels.

o Took her first Drivers Test in a 1958 Cadillac!

o Graduated from Ripon College in Wisconsin as a Philosophy Major

o Following college, she hitchhiked throughout the U.S. with friends before moving to

Washington D.C. where she worked for a variety of organizations during Nixon’s

term and met her husband Dennis.

o After her marriage, she moved to Long Beach, CA where her daughter Laura was

born in 1987.

o Moved to Healdsburg in 1989 where she became a Mortgage Lender and got involved

with Alliance Medical Center’s “Our Body is Healthy” program which ultimately led

to her joining Rotary.

o In 2010 she was inducted into her high school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

o She is currently actively involved in tennis, skiing, snorkeling, bocci and relearning

Bridge!

o Her husband likes to say that she “puts 10lbs into a 5lb bag”!

Rick Tang: Rick ran a slide

show of his favorite photos

throughout his Craft Talk and

shared the following

highlights:

o Born in Tacoma WA

but grew up in Marin

County with a Harvard

educated Chinese father

who met his Mother

while working at

Massachusetts General

Hospital.

o Attended high school at the San Rafael Military Academy and briefly attended Lewis

& Clark College in Oregon.

o When he left college, he was drafted and signed up for the Air Force where he did

Radio Maintenance and had his first assignment in Turkey which was a wonderful

experience.

o Then, from 1974 – 80 he attended Indian Valley Colleges in Novato where he studied

photography and ultimately was hired by the Novato Advance, started his own studio

and joined the Novato Rotary at age 26 and began a long-term involvement with

Project Amigo.

o Later he moved to Healdsburg and is currently photographing B&B’s where he’s

become fascinated with photographing bathrooms including fun “selfies” which he

shared with us.

o Rick’s favorite photos clearly showed his incredible talent as a photographer!

CLOSING: Kate thanked our speakers and guests and rang the bell a little after 1:30pm.