November 1, 2010
Meeting of Rotary Club of Eureka
The meeting was called to order by club President Carlton Nielsen. Jill MacDonald gave the salute to the flag and Greg Pierson led the invocation, reminding us to keep Mike Moreland, Harvey Harper and Dick Nash in our prayers.
Our new exchange student Gabriel Umidon from Milan, Italy is home sick after playing in the mud bowl in Fortuna.
Guests of Rotarians
Stacy Lane was a guest of Hank Ingham.
Birthdays:
Greg Haulk 1st; Al Crnich 2nd, Ray Wickel 7th; Sally Arnot 8th.
Anniversaries:
Nancy and William Dean 1st; Hank and Cathy Pierson 1st; Bruce and Faye Emad 9th; Ray and Pauline Wickel 9th.
Announcements
December 1st is our Rotary Christmas Party at the Ingomar Club. Mike Cunningham assured us that we will have food and entertainment but was a bit thin in specifics at this point.
Youth Services Bureau will have a fundraiser December 3rd
Recognitions
Jim Hoff was recognized, having denied he was in Greece, he eventually admitted he was on an Island off the coast of Turkey, partly because President Carlton Nielsen had a big picture of Jim lounging in a hammock on the Mediterranean. (President Nielsen would not divulge his source, but it might have come from Greg Pierson.) Greg was implicated, most likely because he sat at the same table as Jim; that will be $135, Jim.
Pat Folkins said November is Foundation Month, and he encouraged all who are and not to become Paul Harris Fellows. He then confessed to attending six Giants game this season, and admitted his daughter passed the Nevada bar exam on her first attempt. No fine that I recall.
Jay Bahner also put a few words about being a Giants fan, and rounded out his coaster at $135 and somehow Brian Papstein got mixed up in the baseball fray, and got fined $10; Pat got away for $65.
Diane Cipperley stood and told about her trip to Oregon, Washington, Glacier National Park and fly-fishing on the Missouri River, catching too many fish to count. So, she maxed out at $135 as well.
Program
Chris Freeman introduced our guest speaker Neal Ewald of Green Diamond Timber (formerly Simpson Timber). His topic was ‘Peace in the Timber Country: Sustainable forests in a perpetual business. Formerly logging was done with lots of clear cutting and wide roads that were used all year round. The spotted owl being listed on the endangered species list did not help the timber industry a few decades ago; but it turns out the owls could thrive in land that had been logged. Fish too were counted in the logged areas and according to Neal, rivaled the populations in Redwood National Park. From their research came the Habitat Restoration Plan for the spotted owl and other species. Green Diamond now has 49 persons working on the Conservation Planning Department in 2010. Practices have changed in recent years: e.g. leaving trees behind in areas where there are streams, using more advanced equipment to harvest and building smaller, better roads into logging areas with the result that the water is clean and cold.
He then fielded questions from the floor. First question: is there anything being done to modify the genetic code of redwoods?
Neal: “No.â€
Are there Mexican Cartels growing on your property? Yes, said Neal. The Mexican Cartels are raising marijuana on their property, and create a danger to those who cross their grows inadvertently (and perhaps intentionally). Green Diamond is meeting other environmental challenges with alacrity.
Respectfully submitted,
Dan Price
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