Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
December 10, 2012
The
pledge was lead by Dale Warmuth, Sergeant-At-Arms.
Eric Bergel gave the invocation and the
Sunshine Report. Ziggy broke his
ankle. He had pins inserted. He and Ruth are under care of
Robin. Mike Cunningham is getting
evaluated at Bay Area medical centers for unknown illness.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Birthdays this week Greg Bowen, 10-Dec, Jay
Bahner, 15-Dec. Dec Birthdays – Jim Howard (received pass), Jay Reed ($10 fine-week of 12/3), Greg Bowen
($10 fine week of 12/3) , Chuck Ellsworth (received pass), Richard Borough ($10
fine), Russ Harris($10 fine), Walt Shimasaki (received pass), Hank Ingham, Mike
Leggins.
Announcements
Polio - Nine clubs in the District have
contributed a minimum of $1000 since July 1 with Rotary Club of Eureka
3rd at $2624. So how are
we doing in terms of the total eradication of polio? GLOBALLY YEAR TO DATE – A REDUCTION IN CASES
BY 63% – ONLY 205 CASES WORLDWIDE. Our
concern remains the 3 remaining endemic countries – Afghanistan
= 33 cases YTD, Nigeria =
111 cases YTD, Pakistan
= 56 cases YTD. While Afghanistan and and Pakistan do not often cooperate,
they are working together during our END POLIO IMMUNIZATIONS days. Pakistan has also visited India to learn how India has gone without polio for
almost two years. Immunization campaigns
are being conducted in all three countries as well as Angola, Chad,
DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo), Horn of Africa, and West
Africa) this month.
If you are thinking about attending the
International Convention in Lisbon,
Portugal June
23-26, 2013, you’ll receive a $100 discount if you register for December 15th.
Get more information and register at http://www.rotary.org.
New member Tim Jones was called up to do his craft talk. At 26, he is the youngest member in the club. I’ve got shoes older than that. He’s married and works at CVS Pharmacy as the Assistant Store Manager. He has a black belt in karate and likes to skimboard.
Recognitions
Nancy
put on her top hat for a brief interlude of recognition.
Stacy
Lane just returned from a 19 day vacation & cruise that included
stops in Italy, Greece and Turkey. She said she misheard Nancy’s
remarks and as a result, instead of having Turkey
for Thanksgiving, Turkey
had her. She brought back a can of
jellied cranberry sauce as a memento of her voyage.
Kathleen Cloney Gardiner introduced the new
superintendent of Eureka City Schools,
Fred Van Vleck. He is a Humboldt County native, but spent the last 20
years working in the central valley.
He’s glad to be back, and says people have been very friendly. He said things have changed since he was growing
up. Timber and fishing are no longer options
for those who do not pursue higher education or vocational training. In the mid 80’s Eureka Schools had 8,000
students. Now we have less than half of
that.
Young people are leaving to pursue
better opportunities. He wants to keep
kids here and help them have a career. California has one of
the highest tax rates at 14%, but when it comes to funding education, we are
ranked 48 out of 50. Lottery funds less
than 1% of education. He wants to set up
a cooperative program between business and education where businesses
contribute to training students in vocations.
He is also opening Winship school and reformatting Zane so that they are
magnet schools. That way if students try
to bring weapons into school, they will be attracted to the magnets and stick
to the wall. He is looking for
volunteers for an advisory committee.
Modestly
submitted by Hank Ingham
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