Greg Gardiner asked past District Governor Dave Dillon to lead the Pledge of Allegiance. A prayer by Samuel Johnson was quoted to remind us what we have to be thankful for this coming season.
Lisa, the exchange student shared with us what had been going on in her life
Rotarian minute was read. The Rotary Foundation has focused its efforts on six major areas: Peace and conflict, prevention and resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, paternal and child health, basic education and literacy, economic and community development. The theme of the Rotary this month is the foundation month. Club board has decided to provide some encouragement for those who are trying to achieve the Paul Harris donations made in November will be matched in recognition points.
Diane Mettam received a round of applause for turning in a full Spare Change canister. She also asked about receiving a new one.
Announcements:
Mike told us about the Christmas Party, which will be at the Elks Club. Cost will be $40 per person as opposed to $80 per person. It’s on December 20th. There will be Gift baskets and small door prizes and a Photo portrait. The Elks club will be decorated in splendor and the president will have a special gift for Rotarians who come to the Christmas Party.
Jay spoke about the annual fund raiser on Valentine’s Day. 350 people at the Adorni Center. Chance to wind some great prizes like a TV or computer. $150 per couple.
Quick update on the Boys and Girls club was brought up roof was almost done. Should be done by the end of next week.
The Rotary was in danger of not being able to support the Logger Classic that they always do, but they raised the two thousand dollars they needed right on the spot thanks to the generosity of many esteemed members.
Raffle Diane Mettam won the wine and Lisa the exchange student won the opportunity to win the 50/50 pot and did not.
The Guest speaker David Raymond spoke about his passion for the Rotary and ways that we can give to the Rotary. He let us know rather than cashing out stocks to donate it works better if we donate the stocks to the Rotary itself. He also spoke about giving after passing away, or promising to give a certain amount before passing away.
Dark for Thanksgiving.
Need help trying to get the pins to stick on our PHF board we need to have your ideas or volunteer.
Greg gave the thought for the week
Dec 2, 2014
Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka December 1 2014
Lunch Menu: Salad bar, beef ravioli, roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, mixed vegetables rolls, birthday cake
Called to order by President Gregg Gardiner at 12:30pm
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Jim Howard
The Invocation was led by Pastor Matt Messner
VISITING ROTARIANS: Don Morrill- Davis Sunrise, Bill Morrill- Southwest Eureka, Jennifer Budwig- Fortuna Sunrise, Liana Simpson- Old Town Eureka
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Carlton Nielsen brought Deborah Claesgens, Executive Director, at Sequoia Park Zoo; Pat Folkins introduced his wife Sheila Folkins, Jason Eads introduced Hal Joiner from North Coast Fire & Security Systems (also Jason’s BBQ Partner).
STUDENT GUESTS: Doris and Marissa, President and VP of Eureka High School Interact recently held a bake sale to raise money for Coats for Cold and are now working on fundraising for Toys for Tots.
BIRTHDAYS: Jim Howard turned 99 today and appropriately wore a t-shirt
that said, “So far this is the oldest I’ve ever been.” He received a gift and a standing ovation from the club. Dave Dillon told us a little bit about Jim’s life
. Jim has been a Rotarian of the Rotary Club of Eureka since 1973 (41 years). He was born in Georgia and opened a shoeshine parlor in Eureka that he owned for many years. He sat on the City of Eureka Housing Authority board for many years and was a Eureka City Councilperson for 18 years. Everyone was invited to help themselves to a piece of birthday cake. Other birthdays… Don Leonard, Hank Ingham, Jack Macdonald, Jay Reed.
ANNIVERSARIES: Bert Campton celebrated his 30th Anniversary of being in the Rotary Club of Eureka
and paid a fine of $1 per year. Jay Bahner will be celebrating his 33rd wedding anniversary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Visitor Jennifer Budwig announced that Fortuna Sunrise will be holding a New Year’s Eve fundraiser this year to benefit Polio Plus. Tickets are $50 and are available at Redwood Capital Bank. The event will be from 8pm – 12:30 pm at The River Lodge and include complimentary Champagne. Liana Simpson has tickets for a fundraiser Old Town Rotary is holding to benefit local youth projects. Drawing will be for a brand new John Deere 4 wheeler ($5,000 value). Tickets are $10 each. Jay Bahner
reminded us that our annual fundraiser is on February 14th please send in your money. Jay is mailing tickets to those people who didn’t pick them up. Mike Cunningham said the annual Christmas Party will be at the Elks Lodge on December 20th. Tickets are $40 per person. YOU NEED RESERVATIONS. Please contact Mike Cunningham, Keith Crossley or Bruce Smith for tickets/reservations. President Greg said 6 people who volunteered to donate money to the Logger’s Classic have not yet done so. If you volunteered please get your money in. If anybody else would like to donate $100 please talk to Gregg.
Ziggy said that the nominations for President elect/elect will be Matt Owen, Treasurer- Jay Reed and Secretary- Dan Heinen. We will be voting at an upcoming meeting. As per our by-laws If you have somebody else you would like to present for one of these offices you need to get the signature of seven other Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Eureka and give to Ziggy.
RECOGNITIONS: President Gardiner asked all Rotarians who have known Jim Howard for 0 to 10 years to stand up. Each person was asked to either fill out an IOU (conveniently left on each table) or leave a check on the table. Then… all who have known Jim for 10-20 years were asked to give .75 cents per year. 20 to 30 years and 30 years plus were asked to give .50 cents per year. President Gregg Gardiner announced that there was a red apple at each place setting in honor of National Red Apple day. He called upon Dr. Ted Welton and Dr. Kim Bauriedel to explain the value of red apples.
Dr. Kim enlightened our group to the helpful medicinal benefits that all red fruits and vegetables offer of shrinking prostates. President Gregg said it was also National Aids Awareness Day and that Aids is a serious disease that continues to affect and kill many people.
SPENGLER-HOWARD RAFFLE: A bottle of Riverbend Cellars wine was won by Bill Morrill. Bert Campton drew from the deck of cards for the joker and a pot of $250. No go. Pot will go up by $20 to $270 at the next meeting.
GUEST SPEAKER INTRODUCTION BY: Hank Ingham. Hank introduced Bill Morrill who used to be employed by Hank at KIEM TV but Hank said he offered to introduce him anyways.
Bill has been a Humboldt resident since 1972 and is a descendent of the Russ family. He has a background in music and theatre and is an award winning film producer. He is currently producing a 3 part series for the Clarke Museum that will be airing on PBS in February.
GUEST SPEAKER: Bill presented a very interesting slide show documenting many historical aspects of our local area including a painting of Fort Humboldt done in 1854 that showed the huge amount of forestland that wan all the way to Humboldt Bay. He also had some images of ships that had been built and utilized here on the northcoast. In the early to mid 1800’s one of the only ways of traveling was by ship and it was fraught with danger. Later as cars were being utilized a trip from Eureka to San Francisco on the original Redwood
Highway took 3 days to drive one way.
MEETING ADJOURNED: President Gardiner adjourned the meeting at 1:30 with a quote from Abraham Lincoln, “In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." And… a quote from President Bill Clinton, “Our mission in this new century is clear. For good or ill, we live in an interdependent world. We can't escape each other. Therefore, we have to spend our lives building a global community of shared responsibilities, shared values, shared benefits.”
Respectfully submitted, Alicia Cox
Called to order by President Gregg Gardiner at 12:30pm
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Jim Howard
The Invocation was led by Pastor Matt Messner
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| Matt Messner |
VISITING ROTARIANS: Don Morrill- Davis Sunrise, Bill Morrill- Southwest Eureka, Jennifer Budwig- Fortuna Sunrise, Liana Simpson- Old Town Eureka
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| Jennifer Budwig |
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Carlton Nielsen brought Deborah Claesgens, Executive Director, at Sequoia Park Zoo; Pat Folkins introduced his wife Sheila Folkins, Jason Eads introduced Hal Joiner from North Coast Fire & Security Systems (also Jason’s BBQ Partner).
STUDENT GUESTS: Doris and Marissa, President and VP of Eureka High School Interact recently held a bake sale to raise money for Coats for Cold and are now working on fundraising for Toys for Tots.
BIRTHDAYS: Jim Howard turned 99 today and appropriately wore a t-shirt
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| He's 99 |
that said, “So far this is the oldest I’ve ever been.” He received a gift and a standing ovation from the club. Dave Dillon told us a little bit about Jim’s life
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| Dave Dillon |
. Jim has been a Rotarian of the Rotary Club of Eureka since 1973 (41 years). He was born in Georgia and opened a shoeshine parlor in Eureka that he owned for many years. He sat on the City of Eureka Housing Authority board for many years and was a Eureka City Councilperson for 18 years. Everyone was invited to help themselves to a piece of birthday cake. Other birthdays… Don Leonard, Hank Ingham, Jack Macdonald, Jay Reed.
ANNIVERSARIES: Bert Campton celebrated his 30th Anniversary of being in the Rotary Club of Eureka
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| Burt Campton |
and paid a fine of $1 per year. Jay Bahner will be celebrating his 33rd wedding anniversary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Visitor Jennifer Budwig announced that Fortuna Sunrise will be holding a New Year’s Eve fundraiser this year to benefit Polio Plus. Tickets are $50 and are available at Redwood Capital Bank. The event will be from 8pm – 12:30 pm at The River Lodge and include complimentary Champagne. Liana Simpson has tickets for a fundraiser Old Town Rotary is holding to benefit local youth projects. Drawing will be for a brand new John Deere 4 wheeler ($5,000 value). Tickets are $10 each. Jay Bahner
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| Jay Bahner |
reminded us that our annual fundraiser is on February 14th please send in your money. Jay is mailing tickets to those people who didn’t pick them up. Mike Cunningham said the annual Christmas Party will be at the Elks Lodge on December 20th. Tickets are $40 per person. YOU NEED RESERVATIONS. Please contact Mike Cunningham, Keith Crossley or Bruce Smith for tickets/reservations. President Greg said 6 people who volunteered to donate money to the Logger’s Classic have not yet done so. If you volunteered please get your money in. If anybody else would like to donate $100 please talk to Gregg.
Ziggy said that the nominations for President elect/elect will be Matt Owen, Treasurer- Jay Reed and Secretary- Dan Heinen. We will be voting at an upcoming meeting. As per our by-laws If you have somebody else you would like to present for one of these offices you need to get the signature of seven other Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Eureka and give to Ziggy.
RECOGNITIONS: President Gardiner asked all Rotarians who have known Jim Howard for 0 to 10 years to stand up. Each person was asked to either fill out an IOU (conveniently left on each table) or leave a check on the table. Then… all who have known Jim for 10-20 years were asked to give .75 cents per year. 20 to 30 years and 30 years plus were asked to give .50 cents per year. President Gregg Gardiner announced that there was a red apple at each place setting in honor of National Red Apple day. He called upon Dr. Ted Welton and Dr. Kim Bauriedel to explain the value of red apples.
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| An apple a day... |
Dr. Kim enlightened our group to the helpful medicinal benefits that all red fruits and vegetables offer of shrinking prostates. President Gregg said it was also National Aids Awareness Day and that Aids is a serious disease that continues to affect and kill many people.
SPENGLER-HOWARD RAFFLE: A bottle of Riverbend Cellars wine was won by Bill Morrill. Bert Campton drew from the deck of cards for the joker and a pot of $250. No go. Pot will go up by $20 to $270 at the next meeting.
GUEST SPEAKER INTRODUCTION BY: Hank Ingham. Hank introduced Bill Morrill who used to be employed by Hank at KIEM TV but Hank said he offered to introduce him anyways.
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| Bill Morrill |
Bill has been a Humboldt resident since 1972 and is a descendent of the Russ family. He has a background in music and theatre and is an award winning film producer. He is currently producing a 3 part series for the Clarke Museum that will be airing on PBS in February.
GUEST SPEAKER: Bill presented a very interesting slide show documenting many historical aspects of our local area including a painting of Fort Humboldt done in 1854 that showed the huge amount of forestland that wan all the way to Humboldt Bay. He also had some images of ships that had been built and utilized here on the northcoast. In the early to mid 1800’s one of the only ways of traveling was by ship and it was fraught with danger. Later as cars were being utilized a trip from Eureka to San Francisco on the original Redwood
Highway took 3 days to drive one way.
MEETING ADJOURNED: President Gardiner adjourned the meeting at 1:30 with a quote from Abraham Lincoln, “In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." And… a quote from President Bill Clinton, “Our mission in this new century is clear. For good or ill, we live in an interdependent world. We can't escape each other. Therefore, we have to spend our lives building a global community of shared responsibilities, shared values, shared benefits.”
Respectfully submitted, Alicia Cox
Nov 10, 2014
Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
November 11, 2014
This was a special Veterans Day celebration that started off with a special poem, Ragged Old Flag, read by Pat Folkins.
We are not celebrating all our nation’s heroes and the diverse branches of the military but a special recognition of the Marine Corps 239th birthday.
Major Steve Beckman led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Eureka High Limited Addition sang the Star Spangled Banner.
November 11, 2014
This was a special Veterans Day celebration that started off with a special poem, Ragged Old Flag, read by Pat Folkins.
We are not celebrating all our nation’s heroes and the diverse branches of the military but a special recognition of the Marine Corps 239th birthday.
Major Steve Beckman led the Pledge of Allegiance.
DR. Kim Bauriedel led the invocation with a thought going out to past President Hank Ingham who was undergoing surgery and to keep in mind Jesse Klair, whose mother is quite ill. Please also keep in mind all the Veterans who have been wounded or died in the many wars we have been involved with. He also read the Marines Prayer.
The National Defense Cadet Corp was next with the flag salute.
Eureka High School Band led an introduction to each military division.
The first being recognized was the US Army and all who were involved in the Army stood and were recognized individually.
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The next division was the Navy and the Veterans stood and were recognized for their valor and heroism.
Following the Navy was the Air Force. They also introduced themselves and were recognized for their valor and heroism.
The Coast Guard was recognized but did not have any representatives.
Marine Corp Veterans were recognized and applauded.
Greg noted that there were an amazing group of Veterans present at Rotary.
Steve Justice spoke about the Honor Flight and thanked all the Rotary for the support of this wonderful program.
A special round of applause was given for the World War two Veterans.
No one won the raffle, so the money will go back into the ever growing pot.
The Marine Corp was honored with a special slide show for their 239th birthday.
Respectfully submitted,
Eureka High School Band led an introduction to each military division.
The first being recognized was the US Army and all who were involved in the Army stood and were recognized individually.
Following the Navy was the Air Force. They also introduced themselves and were recognized for their valor and heroism.
The Coast Guard was recognized but did not have any representatives.
Greg noted that there were an amazing group of Veterans present at Rotary.
Steve Justice spoke about the Honor Flight and thanked all the Rotary for the support of this wonderful program.
A special round of applause was given for the World War two Veterans.
The Marine Corp was honored with a special slide show for their 239th birthday.
Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Corral
Oct 29, 2014
Rotary Club of Eureka Burl October 27 2014
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Ziggy Ziegenfuss.
Our invocation was given by Dan Price. He asked us to keep Dick Nash’s family in our prayers as Dick’s wife Jeanne has passed.
Greg Williston, Carol Rische, and Carlton Nielsen all brought guests to the meeting.
Lisa, our exchange student from Belgium, talked about her participation in Rotaract’s Spirits and Spirits event in Old Town. She enjoyed dressing up in a Halloween costume and scaring people. She is enjoying Eureka High and is playing varsity soccer. Her last game of the season is on Wednesday.
John Fullerton was fined for not sitting at the head tables during his birthday month, in spite of being forewarned by President Gregg. John claimed to be 39, but then confessed to being 62. It cost him $26.
Diane Mettam’s birthday is today. She is spending the day tutoring kids and going to Rotary.
Keith Crossley gave us the Rotary minute. He described the various funds at the Rotary Foundation including Polio Plus, the Permanent Fund, and the Annual Fund which is unrestricted giving. Keith also pointed out that because of how Rotary administers our funds that they are one of the highest rated charitable organizations in the world. Keith encouraged us to be an Every Rotarian Ever Year club.
President Gregg recognized Susie Smelser for being a visiting former Rotarian.
President Gregg inducted new Rotarian Bill Tuttle. Bill owns the Chalet and soon to be re-open Cutten Inn. He is a 20+ year veteran of the Marine Corps, and is involved in Toys for Tots and the Marine Corp League. Past President Pat Folkins delivered the Past Presidents charge.
PP Pat then went on to fine President Gregg $26 for not knowing which days the Giants won games this week. Pat went on to say that he had an opportunity to go to a World Series game and didn’t because every time he has gone to a post-season Giants game they have lost.
President Gregg went on to remind us of the importance of sponsoring a Rotarian into our club. All of us were called on to name the Rotarian who asked us to join.
Gambling Interlude
Diane Mettam won the bottle of wine; fitting as it is her birthday. Unfortunately, President Gregg forgot to bring said wine and promised to deliver it to her. Joan Davies tried to draw the Joker from the remaining deck of cards for $210, but ended up with a Queen of Hearts.
PP Kim Bauriedel introduced our speaker Kevin Patterson. Kevin is the Boy Scouts Council Chair for the Crater Lake council. The Crater Lake council administers Boy Scout packs, dens, and volunteers across 8 counties in southern Oregon and northern California. It works with 825 scouts and 325 adult volunteers in Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
In his presentation he included the Scout oath and Scout law which many of us in the room instantly recognized from our involvement with scouting. He had everyone in the room raise their hand if they had been a Scout or had been an adult volunteer. Almost everyone in the room raised their hands. He also asked those of us who had been an adult volunteer for 40 years or more to keep their hands raised and we had four members who had been involved that long.
We have two primary scout facilities in our county. First is the scout shop on M St. The second is Camp Riggs Johnston near Headwaters. Our Sign Smith fund has donated $20,000 towards the shower house there, and Rotary raised an additional $10,000 towards a water filtration system so that they have sufficient potable water at the site.
Rotary and Scouting have worked together for decades. The Cliff Dochterman Award is a Scouting/Rotary award, and it just so happens that our own PP Kim Bauriedel has been a recipient.
The national jamboree this year was in West Virginia and had 45,000 attendees. Scouting is also updating merit badges to reflect changes in industry and national trends. Their new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program is geared towards focusing on these areas with less emphasis on outdoor activities. The ages of participants for the various Scouting programs starts with Tiger Cubs in first grade, Cub Scouts from second to 5th grade, Boy Scouts from 6th grade to age 18, and Venturing from 14 to 21.
With a ring of the bell we were gone.
Respectfully Submitted,
Carlton Nielsen
Our invocation was given by Dan Price. He asked us to keep Dick Nash’s family in our prayers as Dick’s wife Jeanne has passed.
Greg Williston, Carol Rische, and Carlton Nielsen all brought guests to the meeting.
Lisa, our exchange student from Belgium, talked about her participation in Rotaract’s Spirits and Spirits event in Old Town. She enjoyed dressing up in a Halloween costume and scaring people. She is enjoying Eureka High and is playing varsity soccer. Her last game of the season is on Wednesday.
John Fullerton was fined for not sitting at the head tables during his birthday month, in spite of being forewarned by President Gregg. John claimed to be 39, but then confessed to being 62. It cost him $26.
Diane Mettam’s birthday is today. She is spending the day tutoring kids and going to Rotary.
Keith Crossley gave us the Rotary minute. He described the various funds at the Rotary Foundation including Polio Plus, the Permanent Fund, and the Annual Fund which is unrestricted giving. Keith also pointed out that because of how Rotary administers our funds that they are one of the highest rated charitable organizations in the world. Keith encouraged us to be an Every Rotarian Ever Year club.
President Gregg recognized Susie Smelser for being a visiting former Rotarian.
President Gregg inducted new Rotarian Bill Tuttle. Bill owns the Chalet and soon to be re-open Cutten Inn. He is a 20+ year veteran of the Marine Corps, and is involved in Toys for Tots and the Marine Corp League. Past President Pat Folkins delivered the Past Presidents charge.
PP Pat then went on to fine President Gregg $26 for not knowing which days the Giants won games this week. Pat went on to say that he had an opportunity to go to a World Series game and didn’t because every time he has gone to a post-season Giants game they have lost.
President Gregg went on to remind us of the importance of sponsoring a Rotarian into our club. All of us were called on to name the Rotarian who asked us to join.
Gambling Interlude
Diane Mettam won the bottle of wine; fitting as it is her birthday. Unfortunately, President Gregg forgot to bring said wine and promised to deliver it to her. Joan Davies tried to draw the Joker from the remaining deck of cards for $210, but ended up with a Queen of Hearts.
PP Kim Bauriedel introduced our speaker Kevin Patterson. Kevin is the Boy Scouts Council Chair for the Crater Lake council. The Crater Lake council administers Boy Scout packs, dens, and volunteers across 8 counties in southern Oregon and northern California. It works with 825 scouts and 325 adult volunteers in Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
In his presentation he included the Scout oath and Scout law which many of us in the room instantly recognized from our involvement with scouting. He had everyone in the room raise their hand if they had been a Scout or had been an adult volunteer. Almost everyone in the room raised their hands. He also asked those of us who had been an adult volunteer for 40 years or more to keep their hands raised and we had four members who had been involved that long.
We have two primary scout facilities in our county. First is the scout shop on M St. The second is Camp Riggs Johnston near Headwaters. Our Sign Smith fund has donated $20,000 towards the shower house there, and Rotary raised an additional $10,000 towards a water filtration system so that they have sufficient potable water at the site.
Rotary and Scouting have worked together for decades. The Cliff Dochterman Award is a Scouting/Rotary award, and it just so happens that our own PP Kim Bauriedel has been a recipient.
The national jamboree this year was in West Virginia and had 45,000 attendees. Scouting is also updating merit badges to reflect changes in industry and national trends. Their new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program is geared towards focusing on these areas with less emphasis on outdoor activities. The ages of participants for the various Scouting programs starts with Tiger Cubs in first grade, Cub Scouts from second to 5th grade, Boy Scouts from 6th grade to age 18, and Venturing from 14 to 21.
With a ring of the bell we were gone.
Respectfully Submitted,
Carlton Nielsen
Oct 20, 2014
Rotary Club of Eureka Burl October 20, 2014
Ted Welton led us in the pledge, and Mike Leggins gave the invocation. He asked us to remember Tom Schallert’s nephew who became a paraplegic due to an accident.
We did not have any visiting Rotarians. Carlton Nielsen brought Deborah Claesgens, the new Director at the Sequoia Park Zoo Foundation.
Our exchange student, Lisa Pireau from Belgium, regaled us with her trip with 42 other past and present exchange students to San Francisco. She said San Francisco was the most beautiful city she had ever seen.
Kathy Smith announced the CR was having its 27th annual Science Night. They have 26 demonstrations, experiments, and activities for kids of all ages to participate in. It is also an opportunity to meet with faculty and staff, as well as to visit their classrooms and labs.
Bruce Smith announced that we are looking for raffle items for our annual Christmas party. If you would like to participate look him up in our roster book.
Lisa Slack announced the 100th Anniversary of Northwest Pacific Railroad in Humboldt County co-hosted by the Timber Heritage Association, the Clarke Historical Museum, and Eureka Main Street. The original Golden Spike will be on display, speeder rides will be available, and much more.
Keith Crossley gave us the Foundation Minute. Friday, October 24th, is World Polio Day. Keith challenged us with what we can do in Rotary’s effort to end polio. This is Rotary’s number one goal. If you have any questions or would like to know how to donate to help end polio please see Keith, or go to endpolionow.org.
President Gregg led us through a slide show of the progress on the Boys and Girls club roof replacement portion of our annual project. Teen Challenge, McMurray & Sons roofing, Schmidbauer Lumber, and Recology have all been a part of this effort. The rest of the roof portion of the project should take another 3 to 4 weeks. Please consider stopping by and take a look at the progress that has been made in making the Boys and Girls club a better place for kids.
President Gregg then showed a number of slides with photos showing deteriorated conditions at several of the Eureka City Schools campuses.
He then had a number of us on our feet for travel. The initial criterion was if you had traveled greater than 500 miles during the summer or since. Several members ponied up dollars for trips to Rome, Oslo, Azerbaijan, New York, Italy, etc.
President Elect Jay Bahner announced our club’s annual fundraiser and raffle to occur on February 14. CC Market will be doing the catering which will consist of tri-tip, chicken, and a vegetarian option. Jay is looking for drawing, live, and silent auction items. As it is on Valentine’s Day you can guess the theme. For a bit of trivia Jay informed us that Valentine’s day is the second largest spending holiday of the year bringing in $20 billion.
Raffle Interlude: Steve Allen won the bottle of Rotary Red, and Russ Harris mad an unsuccessful attempt to draw the joker. The pot is up to $180.
Program
Adam Dick is one of the founders of Dick Taylor Chocolate with his business partner Dustin Taylor. They are currently located in the Almquist lumber building. They make the only whole bean chocolate in Northern California. They came up with their business plan on the way back from a wedding in Santa Barbara after seeing a video on the chocolate industry. Their original chocolate making experimentation started in Adam’s laundry room where they made “really bad chocolate”.
Adam described the current trend in high end chocolate to be migrating along similar lines as coffee and beer. Coffee went from everyone drinking Folgers like products to higher end beans, more specific brews, and a better quality product. Beer has gone through a similar migration from Budweiser like comparables to products with a much wider array of styles, better quality ingredients, mare specific flavors, and a high price tag. The higher end chocolate industry has started to move in a similar direction.
In 1879 a device called a conche was developed which enabled chocolatiers to create a smoother chocolate that could be turned into bars. Previous to that chocolate had been predominately consumed as a drink. Large scale production began soon thereafter and currently 5 companies control the majority of chocolate production in the world. Most chocolate that we eat originates at one of these five companies and is resold to producers. In the early 2000’s the “Chocolate Renaissance” began with the sourcing of higher grade cocoa beans.
Dick Taylor Chocolate started making single source chocolate starting in 2010. Single source chocolate is made with all of the beans involved in that batch coming from one farm or plantation. He added that chocolate making is a very machine intensive endeavor. They have outgrown their space at Almquist and are moving into the old Alternative Building Concepts space at 4 West 4th St.
They currently produce about one ton of chocolate per month, and only a small percentage of their chocolate is consumed in Humboldt County. They have distribution points as far away as England and japan. Locally you can buy their products at Eureka Natural Foods, both Co-ops, Wildberries, and Murphys.
In closing President Gregg noted that Pat Folkins had been to four Giants World Series games, all of which the Giants lost. He went on to ask Pat to go nowhere near San Francisco for the next few weeks.
Respectfully Submitted,
Carlton Nielsen
We did not have any visiting Rotarians. Carlton Nielsen brought Deborah Claesgens, the new Director at the Sequoia Park Zoo Foundation.
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| Lisa Pireau |
Kathy Smith announced the CR was having its 27th annual Science Night. They have 26 demonstrations, experiments, and activities for kids of all ages to participate in. It is also an opportunity to meet with faculty and staff, as well as to visit their classrooms and labs.
Bruce Smith announced that we are looking for raffle items for our annual Christmas party. If you would like to participate look him up in our roster book.
Lisa Slack announced the 100th Anniversary of Northwest Pacific Railroad in Humboldt County co-hosted by the Timber Heritage Association, the Clarke Historical Museum, and Eureka Main Street. The original Golden Spike will be on display, speeder rides will be available, and much more.
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| Keith Crossley |
President Gregg led us through a slide show of the progress on the Boys and Girls club roof replacement portion of our annual project. Teen Challenge, McMurray & Sons roofing, Schmidbauer Lumber, and Recology have all been a part of this effort. The rest of the roof portion of the project should take another 3 to 4 weeks. Please consider stopping by and take a look at the progress that has been made in making the Boys and Girls club a better place for kids.
President Gregg then showed a number of slides with photos showing deteriorated conditions at several of the Eureka City Schools campuses.
He then had a number of us on our feet for travel. The initial criterion was if you had traveled greater than 500 miles during the summer or since. Several members ponied up dollars for trips to Rome, Oslo, Azerbaijan, New York, Italy, etc.
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| Our President Elect |
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| We have a winner |
Program
Adam Dick is one of the founders of Dick Taylor Chocolate with his business partner Dustin Taylor. They are currently located in the Almquist lumber building. They make the only whole bean chocolate in Northern California. They came up with their business plan on the way back from a wedding in Santa Barbara after seeing a video on the chocolate industry. Their original chocolate making experimentation started in Adam’s laundry room where they made “really bad chocolate”.
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| Adam Dick |
In 1879 a device called a conche was developed which enabled chocolatiers to create a smoother chocolate that could be turned into bars. Previous to that chocolate had been predominately consumed as a drink. Large scale production began soon thereafter and currently 5 companies control the majority of chocolate production in the world. Most chocolate that we eat originates at one of these five companies and is resold to producers. In the early 2000’s the “Chocolate Renaissance” began with the sourcing of higher grade cocoa beans.
Dick Taylor Chocolate started making single source chocolate starting in 2010. Single source chocolate is made with all of the beans involved in that batch coming from one farm or plantation. He added that chocolate making is a very machine intensive endeavor. They have outgrown their space at Almquist and are moving into the old Alternative Building Concepts space at 4 West 4th St.
They currently produce about one ton of chocolate per month, and only a small percentage of their chocolate is consumed in Humboldt County. They have distribution points as far away as England and japan. Locally you can buy their products at Eureka Natural Foods, both Co-ops, Wildberries, and Murphys.
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| Jonah Folkins |
Respectfully Submitted,
Carlton Nielsen
The Rotary Club of Eureka Burl October 13, 2014
The meeting started off with a bit of a change in our venue as someone had told the Elks that we were dark on Columbus Day. Their staff did an excellent job of accommodating us and we met in the lounge. We next moved to the martial music of the day which was the Navy Hymn with a bit of the Marine Corp Hymn thrown in at the end. This writer wonders how that happened?
Chris Freeman was our only Navy veteran in attendance and led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Bruce Rupp gave us the invocation and asked us to keep Tom Schallert’s nephew and Wayne Wilson in our prayers. Tom’s nephew suffered a broken back and Wayne is still dealing with the challenges from an aneurysm. Bruce imparted the story of the history behind the Rotary motto.
Visiting Rotarians were Jim Siler, Rick Roberts from Southwest, and Dennis Reinholtsen from Fortuna.
Guests of Rotarians were Richard Grissom and Greg Sparks.
Our exchange student from Belgium came to the podium and told us about her experience with Homecoming at Eureka High. She failed to mention that she was also nominated for Homecoming queen and was one of the Homecoming Princesses in the parade, but President Gregg reminded her. This is the first time in recent memory that we have had an exchange student nominated to the EHS homecoming court. She is also playing on the Varsity soccer team. She’s is having quite a year already, and she has only been here 8 weeks.
Joyce Haynes from the Humboldt Senior Resource Center thanked the club for the Sign Smith Fund’s donation to their PACE program. The Sign Smith fund paid for several pieces of equipment in their new senior medical care facility. They are having their Grand Opening on Saturday the 18th from 10 am to 2 pm. Joyce invited us all to attend.
Richard Grissom from the Fieldbrook Volunteer Fire Department thanked the Sign Smith Fund’s donation of equipment for their rebuilding of their firehouse. Five Rotary clubs participated in the project and Chief Grissom said that there had been a tremendous amount of community support with the project.
Rick Roberts from Southwest Rotary invited us to their fundraiser on the 25th of October. It will be held at the Eureka Inn and features a Vampire Ball and Murder Mystery. The fundraiser is to benefit the Boys and Girls Club rehabilitation projects as well as Evergreen Lodge. Tickets are $55 and can be purchased at Redwood Capital Bank, Coast Central Credit Union, and at the Eureka Chamber of Commerce.
President Gregg re-introduced us all to Bruce Smith. Bruce is leading our Sgt.-at-Arms committee. He reminded everyone to read their emails as he has not gotten any responses to his requests for members to help set up and take down our meetings. It does not take much time and is necessary for our meetings to function well. We also need a few of our more technically inclined members to learn how the laptop/projector, sound systems, and digital camera function.
Brad Mettam gave us the Foundation Minute and talked about the role of expanding peace in the world that our Foundation does. We can now setup our Foundation giving on their new system at predictable increments so that we don’t forget to give. The Rotary Foundation Dinner North is on the 8th of November in Crescent City. Raffle tickets are $25 of 5 for $100.
Birthdays this week and recently are Jeff Leonard, Nancy Dean, John Fullerton, and Steven Lafferty.
Alicia Cox celebrated her 12th Anniversary as a member of our club.
Greg Williston turned in his Spare Change for Change canister which consisted of pennies, nickels, and dimes as his kids had all of the quarters.
Neal Ewald was our program from Green Diamond Timber Company. He graduated with a degree in Forestry from UC Berkley and has an MBA from HSU. He is the Senior VP for their western operations.
Green Diamond started out 124 years ago as Simpson Timber. The own 400,000 acres of timber production land in Del Norte and Humboldt counties. They are also the largest private landowner in both. He gave us a background on logging practices in which large bulldozers were the harvesting tool of choice, and they used napalm to burn slash after cuttings. Tree felling has changed a great deal in the last 20 years. They have moved to shovel loggers which are far less intrusive on forest floor. Roads have become more narrow as logging equipment has gotten smaller, and there is no more broadcast burning.
The Endangered Species Act has had a significant impact on forest management. Neal reminded us that the Spotted Owl was listed in 1992. As part of their habitat conservation efforts Green Diamond leaves about 25% of their acreage involved in harvesting standing, particularly in riparian areas. He showed slides of the two types of forested areas that he manages. The first he inherited, and the second they developed. The primary difference be between the two is that the managed forest acreage in the areas that they developed have larger trees and is less prone to fire damage because of pre-commercial harvest thinning. He also noted that the largest concentration of spotted owls on their lands is in the Mad River Watershed.
He spoke about the protests involving proposed harvesting near Strawberry Rock. The outcome was a process put in place to transfer those lands to a public entity. The protesters seem to not be taking yes for an answer.
Lastly, Neal addressed Green Diamond’s move out of the timber milling business. He cited competition that had contract with Home Depot and Lowes as one of the primary reasons for the decision. They will continue with their timber harvesting business. They are trying to find a buyer for their redwood mill and would like to see it converted to a Douglas fir processing facility. They also purchased the former Jeld Wenn forest lands in Southern Oregon.
President Gregg reminded us that growing membership is our primary focus this year. If we get our membership back up to 150 we can reduce our dues back to $400, we can replace the funding that had to be removed this year from several of our programs, and we will have the opportunity for camaraderie with fellow community minded business people.
With a ring of the bell one more meeting was off the books for Emperor Gregg.
Respectfully Submitted,
Carlton Nielsen
Chris Freeman was our only Navy veteran in attendance and led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Bruce Rupp gave us the invocation and asked us to keep Tom Schallert’s nephew and Wayne Wilson in our prayers. Tom’s nephew suffered a broken back and Wayne is still dealing with the challenges from an aneurysm. Bruce imparted the story of the history behind the Rotary motto.
Visiting Rotarians were Jim Siler, Rick Roberts from Southwest, and Dennis Reinholtsen from Fortuna.
Guests of Rotarians were Richard Grissom and Greg Sparks.
Our exchange student from Belgium came to the podium and told us about her experience with Homecoming at Eureka High. She failed to mention that she was also nominated for Homecoming queen and was one of the Homecoming Princesses in the parade, but President Gregg reminded her. This is the first time in recent memory that we have had an exchange student nominated to the EHS homecoming court. She is also playing on the Varsity soccer team. She’s is having quite a year already, and she has only been here 8 weeks.
Joyce Haynes from the Humboldt Senior Resource Center thanked the club for the Sign Smith Fund’s donation to their PACE program. The Sign Smith fund paid for several pieces of equipment in their new senior medical care facility. They are having their Grand Opening on Saturday the 18th from 10 am to 2 pm. Joyce invited us all to attend.
Richard Grissom from the Fieldbrook Volunteer Fire Department thanked the Sign Smith Fund’s donation of equipment for their rebuilding of their firehouse. Five Rotary clubs participated in the project and Chief Grissom said that there had been a tremendous amount of community support with the project.
Rick Roberts from Southwest Rotary invited us to their fundraiser on the 25th of October. It will be held at the Eureka Inn and features a Vampire Ball and Murder Mystery. The fundraiser is to benefit the Boys and Girls Club rehabilitation projects as well as Evergreen Lodge. Tickets are $55 and can be purchased at Redwood Capital Bank, Coast Central Credit Union, and at the Eureka Chamber of Commerce.
President Gregg re-introduced us all to Bruce Smith. Bruce is leading our Sgt.-at-Arms committee. He reminded everyone to read their emails as he has not gotten any responses to his requests for members to help set up and take down our meetings. It does not take much time and is necessary for our meetings to function well. We also need a few of our more technically inclined members to learn how the laptop/projector, sound systems, and digital camera function.
Brad Mettam gave us the Foundation Minute and talked about the role of expanding peace in the world that our Foundation does. We can now setup our Foundation giving on their new system at predictable increments so that we don’t forget to give. The Rotary Foundation Dinner North is on the 8th of November in Crescent City. Raffle tickets are $25 of 5 for $100.
Birthdays this week and recently are Jeff Leonard, Nancy Dean, John Fullerton, and Steven Lafferty.
Alicia Cox celebrated her 12th Anniversary as a member of our club.
Greg Williston turned in his Spare Change for Change canister which consisted of pennies, nickels, and dimes as his kids had all of the quarters.
Neal Ewald was our program from Green Diamond Timber Company. He graduated with a degree in Forestry from UC Berkley and has an MBA from HSU. He is the Senior VP for their western operations.
Green Diamond started out 124 years ago as Simpson Timber. The own 400,000 acres of timber production land in Del Norte and Humboldt counties. They are also the largest private landowner in both. He gave us a background on logging practices in which large bulldozers were the harvesting tool of choice, and they used napalm to burn slash after cuttings. Tree felling has changed a great deal in the last 20 years. They have moved to shovel loggers which are far less intrusive on forest floor. Roads have become more narrow as logging equipment has gotten smaller, and there is no more broadcast burning.
The Endangered Species Act has had a significant impact on forest management. Neal reminded us that the Spotted Owl was listed in 1992. As part of their habitat conservation efforts Green Diamond leaves about 25% of their acreage involved in harvesting standing, particularly in riparian areas. He showed slides of the two types of forested areas that he manages. The first he inherited, and the second they developed. The primary difference be between the two is that the managed forest acreage in the areas that they developed have larger trees and is less prone to fire damage because of pre-commercial harvest thinning. He also noted that the largest concentration of spotted owls on their lands is in the Mad River Watershed.
He spoke about the protests involving proposed harvesting near Strawberry Rock. The outcome was a process put in place to transfer those lands to a public entity. The protesters seem to not be taking yes for an answer.
Lastly, Neal addressed Green Diamond’s move out of the timber milling business. He cited competition that had contract with Home Depot and Lowes as one of the primary reasons for the decision. They will continue with their timber harvesting business. They are trying to find a buyer for their redwood mill and would like to see it converted to a Douglas fir processing facility. They also purchased the former Jeld Wenn forest lands in Southern Oregon.
President Gregg reminded us that growing membership is our primary focus this year. If we get our membership back up to 150 we can reduce our dues back to $400, we can replace the funding that had to be removed this year from several of our programs, and we will have the opportunity for camaraderie with fellow community minded business people.
With a ring of the bell one more meeting was off the books for Emperor Gregg.
Respectfully Submitted,
Carlton Nielsen
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| Emperor Gregg |
Sep 30, 2014
The Rotary Club of Eureka Burl September 29, 2014
It was Confucius Day, or so we were told. Lunch was egg rolls, fried rice, lo mein, pot stickers, and Chinese chicken salad. There were fortune cookies on the table. The fortunes said things like “is good idea to give to Rotary” and “You will come into some money. Give it to Polio Plus.” Former Marine Bill Tuttle led the pledge of allegiance. Bill McAuley gave the invocation. Wayne Wilson is having an operation in San Francisco next week.
We went immediately to introducing new members. Susan Tissot joined the Club. She is the fund-raiser for Humboldt Botanical Gardens. Tom Schallert introduced her and Will Kay gave the past president’s admonition. From there we went to the Annual Membership Meeting.
Jay Reed noted the problems we had with dues collection last year, and this year we will mail the invoices rather than e-mail them. Last year we had a deficit of $4,000. 80 members participated in last year’s event at the Ingomar. We had $8,000 in revenue.
Greg Seiler talked about the results of the recent member survey. Members felt we needed more education. 90 % of them were involved in community service projects, dispelling the notion that we were a checkbook club. They wanted to see more fellowship, and more craft talks.
Gregg Gardiner went over our membership goals for the year. We have 8-10% attrition every year. This year we started out with 124 members, and we are now at 134. His goal is to reach 150 members. If we achieve that goal we can restore funding to Backpacks for Kids and reduce dues to $400. Our big projects this year are remodeling the Boys and Girls Club, Cleaning up the Serenity Inn and assembling a playground there, and putting 3 redwood benches in Rotary Grove. Our club has $700,000 in the Sign Smith fund, an additional 60,000 in the Rotary Endowment Fund, and we have recently added the Harvey Harper Scholarship fund and the Scott Guild Memorial Fund. We are rolling in money.
No one drew the joker and won the pot of $90. It was noted that last week’s winner of $310 gave the money to the Boys and Girls Club.
Dr. Kim Bauriedel introduced our speaker, Doctor Donald Baird health officer from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services. He spoke of the growing problem of parents refusing to get their children vaccinated.
The resistance is based on fears that the shots cause autism. A study done twenty years ago and since discredited is still widely believed. Young people have not been exposed to childhood diseases like measles, mumps, whooping cough, diptheria and polio. Once the population falls below a certain threshold of immunity there is a chance that those diseases could resurface in epidemic form. It’s a good idea to get your vaccinations renewed every five years. Flu vaccine is 50% effective. Hepatis B shots are a good idea. Watch the NPR special on Vaccines for more information and wash your hands.
Gregg ended our session by quoting Confucius, who was born in 1541 BC. “Confucius say, never trust quotes you read on internet”
Typed with rubber gloves and a surgical mask by Hank Ingham
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| We add a new member |
We went immediately to introducing new members. Susan Tissot joined the Club. She is the fund-raiser for Humboldt Botanical Gardens. Tom Schallert introduced her and Will Kay gave the past president’s admonition. From there we went to the Annual Membership Meeting.
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| Jay Reed |
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| Greg Seiler |
Gregg Gardiner went over our membership goals for the year. We have 8-10% attrition every year. This year we started out with 124 members, and we are now at 134. His goal is to reach 150 members. If we achieve that goal we can restore funding to Backpacks for Kids and reduce dues to $400. Our big projects this year are remodeling the Boys and Girls Club, Cleaning up the Serenity Inn and assembling a playground there, and putting 3 redwood benches in Rotary Grove. Our club has $700,000 in the Sign Smith fund, an additional 60,000 in the Rotary Endowment Fund, and we have recently added the Harvey Harper Scholarship fund and the Scott Guild Memorial Fund. We are rolling in money.
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| Lucky winer |
Dr. Kim Bauriedel introduced our speaker, Doctor Donald Baird health officer from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services. He spoke of the growing problem of parents refusing to get their children vaccinated.
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| Dr. Baird |
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| confused |
Typed with rubber gloves and a surgical mask by Hank Ingham
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