Monday, February 27, 2006

 

Happy Birthday Dawn


On Sunday, February 26th, our fellow Rotarian Dawn Farrell celebrated a birthday. It was the only such celebration of any of our members....that is all of the members that I have in my database. Please fill out your Membership Profile TODAY!!!!!!!!!!

(Dawn, Sorry for picture. I wish I had one with you smiling. Send me one and I will replace it!)

 

Member Profile: Mike Tzikas




Name:Emmanuel "Mike" Tzikas

Place of Birth: Dubuque Iowa

Classification: Financial Advisor

Family Members: Karen (wife) and George (son)

When did you become a member of the Rotary Family? List any positions that you have had or currently have.

June 2005 Club Service Director

What is your favorite part about Rotary or what would like to accomplish as a Rotarian?

I enjoy the camaraderie and the community service aspect of Rotary.

What advice would you give someone who is new to Rotary?

Get involved and meet people!!

Thursday, February 16, 2006

 

Valentine's Day At Club Pheasant


















Monday, February 13, 2006

 

Fines For February 7, 2006

Daddy took her lunch money away! Georgia was fined $5 for missing a meeting, and minutes after she waved last two bucks in the air and said,"Well here is my lunch money!" he fined her $2 for not standing while addressing the president. I'm still not sure what you can buy for $2.

Carol was fined the same amount for the same reasons, while Dawn Ferrell and Jeremy Olsen were fined $5 respectively for missing a recent meeting.

 

Get One Plan Produces

Carol is active trying to recruit new members that will ultimately help us in all of our endeavors as a group (and then to overshadow that "Fuddy Duddy" Club). When Leo Grover spoke with Carol about his experience with Rotary while working in helping restore the hurricane ravaged gulf coast, he didn't know that she was going to make him come to a meeting or else.

Mr. Grover spoke for a few minutes on the energy that was created by the local Rotarians in that area. He said that he has always heard Rotary did good things, but was amazed when he saw it first hand.

With our luck, we will have a new member soon! Thanks to Carol from your enthusiasm to help build our club.

 






Upcoming Events

Success Through Rotary Seminars
The next STRS (Super STRS) Seminar is Saturday, February 18, 2006Would You like to . . .
Enhance and improve your Effectiveness as a leader
Construct a budget that is an effective planning tool
Increase the level of support and help from members
Achieve credibility and respect from club members
Expand your knowledge of Rotary and its programs
Course Outline
LEADERSHIP
Develops and expand your leadership skills. Provides a solid foundation for you by defining leadership in simple, yet meaningful terms that can be related to the student’s personal, professional and Rotary life.
COMMUNICATIONS
One of the key elements of leadership is effective communication skills. No Leader can be successful without the ability to clearly and meaningfully communicate with both subordinates and superiors.
PLANNING AND BUDGETING
Develop and administer a budget that improves club performance and results. The why, how, when of planning and budgeting are covered in a way that de-mystifies the entire process.
EFFECTIVE MEETINGS
Have you have ever sat through a meeting that left you frustrated and wondering what am I doing here? This session will show you how to make sure that your meetings never have that effect on the people who attend them.
ROTARY, YOUR CLUB AND YOU
Rotary as you may never have seen it. A look at who we are, what we do, where we do it, why we do it, how long we have been doing it and why we should continue to do more of it.

Our Valentine Day @ Club Pheasant

38 people have signed up for our a night at Club Pheasant. This was organized by Carol Thomas, after we decided that we needed a reason to mix with our members and their love ones.

Where: Club Pheasant

Time: 6:30pm

Pictures of the event will follow in an update on 2/15/2006.

 

District 5180 Golf Tournament


On May 26, 2006 @ Timber Creek Golf Course

This tournament is four man scramble and the cost is $85.00 per person. For more details on the tournament, it's prizes, and the spread afterward, please call Tony Bellacera @ 916.663.1425.

The deadline to sign up for the tournament is 4/28/06

 

Fines from January 24 Meeting

Larry Bradford made it in the Sacramento Business Journal for the announcement of the plan to open a group of Ruby Tuesdays. And with such great publicity, come a ring of the bell ($100 fine). Mike Palmer was fined ($15) for missing a few meetings and for the his daughter's continued success on the Karate tournament circuit.

Dawn was fined ($5) for missing a meeting, regardless if it was to stay home with her husband, while he was sick. Jeremy Olsen was fined ($10) for missing two meetings for "no real big reason, except having to work."

 

Citizen of the Year: Herb Yip















For our first ever Citizen of the Year, we chose Herb Yip, the River City High School Volunteer Parent Recycle Coordinator. Herb is in local law enforcement, but spends a great deal of time raising money for school related programs and scholarship. There were many nominees for this honor, but our group of Tony, Andy, and Rick decided on Herb. Often times you will see Herb on the side of the road picking up cans, bottles and other recyclables. He then takes the money made from his collection and puts it right back into the program. The following is a excerpts from a list of accomplisments of Herb Yip.


Rtver City High School cans and bottles recycle program consist of a small group of dedicated parent volunteers. We started collecting cans and bottles for the students on July 2003. Over the past two years, $12,086.35 have been generated (2003-2004 $5,354.65; 2004-2005 $6,189.49). Of this amount, approximately $60.00 (in kind donation) consisting of loose change or paper currency have been found on the school grounds while recycling. 100% of the monies minus any overhead expenses goes back to the students or to the West Sacramento community (Sylvia Negrete donation, a student that acquired a health problem during 2004). As of April 2005, for accounting and tax purposes, me River City High School Recycle Program is now under the umbrella of the Collings West Sacramento Teen Center.


$500.00 Scholarships have been awarded to graduating seniors at River City High School (5 Uolirships-June 2004; 6 scholarships-June 2005). The Recycle Program scholarships are open to all seniorWudents at River City High School who plan to attend college. Main requirements: Must maintain a "C" average and write a 500 word essay about a topic on "How Recycling effects you and others in our environment?" Total of $5,500.00 have been awarded.
As an incentive to recycle cans and bottles, at or near the end of each school year, each student class level (Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior) have received monies from the Recycle fund. A total of $3,500.00 have been distributed back to the Associated Student Body. The students in Leadership and (heir advisor decide how, when, and where the monies are spent Some have decided to save monies until they reach their Senior year and other classes have used the monies towards prom night
$500.00 was utilized to help fund a picnic awarded to the Sophomore Class in 2004 for scoring highest on "Academic Achievement*1 amongst their peers.
Other monies from the Recycle Program have funded raffle prizes for the graduating Seniors who attend the Collings West Sacramento Teen Center's Safe and Sober Senior Grad Night. Approximately $900.00 have been used to purchase televisions, stereo players, Am-Fm CD players, VCR-DVD players, cordless telephones, DVD players, movie tickets, smoothie maker machines, Nintendo game cube, etc.
Everything in the cans and bottles program is self-funding. Labor and transportation to move the cans/bottles for the program is donated free. Through my contacts with the City of West Sacramento and the community at large, this program has been a successful one on and off the school campus. Bottles and cans have been collected at the following sites: Memorial Park during the Little League Season, City sponsor events at the Jr. NBA basketball games, the Jr. Raiders football games, die Dolphins swim meets, Chamber of Commerce Bridgefest fireworks show, the Police-Fire Gala, Turner Branch Library, events at the Collings West Sacramento Teen Center, State offices, several household donations, all campus sports or activities, etc. The Recycle Program fulfills the students need for "Community SefvlceT' Hours and days are flexible. It's all about being involved, helping students, saving the environment, and making a difference in our community.




Thursday, February 09, 2006

 

Bottling the Beer @ Brew It Up




On Wednesday, February 8th, a small group of our members got together at Brew it Up on 14th street in Downtown Sacramento. Weeks earlier, a group got together and made the actual concoction. It took a few weeks to brew and ferment (not sure of the actual terms). The event was sponsored by the Rotary Club of West Sacramento (aka; "Lunch Club", "Fuddy Duddy Club", and "Brewing Veterans.")

The "other" club was represented, but will not bottle their beer for another week. The beer will be auctioned off to raise money for Rotary programs.

Humble Quote of the night; "I hate to say it, but I think their's is better than our's," Rick Hart

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