Meeting Duties

Front Desk: Gina Acai

Greeter: Jamie Jones

Song: Phil Booker

Pledge: Ernie Strobel

Thought of the Day: Catherine McGregor

Use your voice for kindness, your ears for compassion, your hands for charity, your mind for truth, and your heart for love. 

Two Truths and a Lie: Nancy Nittler

1. Was on academic probation in college. True

2. Was an organist at weddings. True

3. Walked most of the John Muir trail. False

The front table did not guess the lie, so the cookies went to Dusty’s table!

Sgt. At Arms: Rod Borges

Raffle: Patty Park

Bulletin: Nancy Nittler

AV: Mike Wilson and Earl Wilson

Set Up/Clean Up: Terry Cooney

Visiting Rotarians

None

Guests of Rotarians

Lots of guests! So many that we didn’t have a chance to introduce them all! Consider bringing your guest again to be introduced to us and Rotary.

Birthdays

None

Anniversaries

Jeff Spoor & Nikki Wade, 1/28, 36 years

Rotary Anniversaries

Nick Abrahamsen 1/29, 13 years

Bob Santin 1/29, 13 years

Announcements

President Carolyn reminded us that this is the week of the Lunar New Year (Gung Hay Fat Choi). It is the Year of the Snake. The snake symbolizes wisdom and transformation, offering opportunities for personal growth and change. To celebrate, Carolyn made lucky almond cookies for the two truths and a lie. Dusty is probably still enjoying them!

There was a hefty Party Foul fine levied on Steve Grundmeier as his friends showed up last week to see Dusty speak. Oops, Dusty had been rescheduled. The Foundation is $100 richer this week. Jeff Ambrosia got an opportunity to spin the wheel for his good-natured heckling. 

Our members had a great time on the Reno train trip. Thanks to James Lindsay for putting the trip together at the suggestion of Bob Dunstan who also came up with fellowship ideas like the book club that Bart O'Brien spearheaded. Then there was the progressive dinner hosted by Willicks, Mikles and Galyardt/Maita. All this fun earned these members a group Rotarian of the Month. Congrats to all!

Nick Willick needs help on Thursday at 2 PM for sanding at the Carnegie Library. Saturday the orange peel finish will be applied. Contact Nick for details. 

Dan Gustavson: 2/28 is the Rotary ski/snow day which is weather dependent. The $20 passes are gone but he is looking for more. Snow tubing, snow shoeing etc. are all available activities. Hold April 5th for a morning golf tournament. Format will be 9 holes and 60 players max. The signup will be circulated in the next couple of weeks.  

Steve Grundmeier let us know that we will have a dynamic speaker next week that you won't want to miss. She will be talking about an upcoming Rotary program that can be used in our local schools. Details to follow!

Carolyn auctioned off several bottles of wine from the Baker Family Winery. $70 was the going price with just enough left to put into the Giants Basket at our next Silent Auction.

Happy/Sad Bucks

Preston Colfax is happy that the Colfax cheerleaders are the national champs.

Catherine McGregor is happy that her son will be a nurse in the ER at Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital.

Raffle

The pot is up to $1081! The black marble was not selected. Next week the odds are looking good for a win with just a few marbles left.

Program

The iconic Dusty Baker, leader and baseball legend, had us all enthralled as he shared stories of his years in baseball. He graciously answered all of our questions and provided thoughtful and humorous commentary.

 

 

Lori McIntosh summed it up best in her Facebook post below. Click the link to the video to listen.

 

A Legendary Day with Dusty Baker at Rotary!

 

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