THE NILES ROTARY PINION · footsteps and do her Ice Breaker seconds after induction. Steve Landon was asked to give a big Thank You to all the club members that stepped up and gave

Rotary Club of Niles (Fremont) – Founded 1937 – P.O. Box 7104, Fremont, CA 94537-7104 – www.nilesrotary.org. 1

THE NILES ROTARY PINION November 2017

ROSE’S RUMINATIONS October in Review

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

6 Diwali Program – pg. 6-7

9 Alaskans Visit pg. 9

11 Bocce Social pg. 11

12 Board Meeting Summary pg. 12

Off we went into Niles Canyon with the goal of biking to Sunol and back (or, as in my case, as far as you could and back) - a 14 mile ride. The Rollers, just to name a few, were Sandi & Dick Pantages, Randy & I, Angus Cochran, Tim Gavin, Mary & Ray Pedersen, and Sandi & Don Cole. The Strollers included Amy & Steve Cho, Gary Raver, Scott Chambers, and Mary Lynn Pelican. It was a beautiful morning and ride or walk. Lots of families and friendly folks taking advantage of a rare opportunity to really take your time and bask in the beauty of Mother Nature and our Niles Canyon, a very special place. Upon beginning our ride we ran into a few Niles Rotarians that volunteered as greeters and directors of the crowd - thank you to Steve Springer, Maggie Guilbeaux-Chambers, Sherry Higgs, Rich Godfrey, and Paul Andrus. You all looked like you were having as much fun as the Rollers and Strollers. Following the ride all that could joined together at the Old Niles Fire House currently owned and refurbished by Wendy and Gary Mills. They have done an amazing job of collecting, displaying, and sharing the past. It was a rare treat as we dined on a delicious lunch prepared by Gael Stewart. GREAT SOCIAL, PAST PRESIDENT ANGUS! (continued on next page)

Last month ended with a Roll and Stroll in Niles Canyon, and an encounter with Mill’s Mini Museum of amazing collections reflecting Niles History set in the Old Niles Firehouse. It was a PRICELESS Day! We began our day with coffee, donuts, and bicycles.


Rose’s Ruminations (continued) Our first meeting of the month was a very special meeting as we inducted our third Rotarian of our year into the club: Chiral Desai. Chiral was joined by her parents and her husband. Her Mentor Geeta was on hand to stand in for her sponsor Tony Boudames. Welcome Chiral; we are so glad you have joined us and look forward to getting to know you and your family better. Chiral then jumped right behind the podium to follow in her mentor’s footsteps and do her Ice Breaker seconds after induction. Steve Landon was asked to give a big Thank You to all the club members that stepped up and gave of their time and hospitality to host, welcome, and include the Alaskans in our exchange raffle item. Mike & Sunny Morrison from Alaska arrived on Tuesday Sept 26, 2017 to be welcomed into the home of Harry Avila. During the time they were here they were wined and dined by Niles Rotarians. They began their visit with a hosted dinner at Papillon with Tony Boudames and his lovely wife Heather. They came to the club on the 28th and then were whisked off to beautiful Monterey with Harry Avilla for golfing and shopping, ultimately joined by PP Steve & Terri Landon for a day. They returned to hospitality of the Joan & John Kimber’s home, wine tasting with Bruce Prescott, Fellowship evening at Steven Lloyd’s, lunch with PRIP Richard King and Paella Dinner, prepared by the Landons, at Chuck Canada’s, to cap off their visit. They flew home on the 3rd of Oct. This effort takes a team. Thank you to all that extended your kindness and friendship at all group events. I think they really understood when leaving why Niles Rotarians are Family by Choice. Our speaker was Robert Garfinkle, he discussed all things MOON! He gave a very interesting presentation on the moon and our evolution of understanding. Avenues of Service – Our club showed up BIG time as 17 Niles Rotarians attended and we hosted two Rotaractors to the Dinner. It was a great evening of Rotary Fun, great information, good dinner, and a great Keynote speaker, RI Director John Mathews 2017-2019 Zones 25 & 26, “Leaders keep learning”.

The second meeting of the month started out with a big hug, hand shake, and smiling hello as I named the Rotarian of the Month for September: our beloved Greeter, A’s fan extraordinaire, Jeff Falk. Congratulations Jeff you are a real asset and blessing to our Club. Thank you for all you do! Paul Iannacconi presented Larry Bowen and Kathy Laidlaw with their framed Paul Harris Awards. The spotlight moved to Mary Lynn as she received her pin, necklace, and crystal award for becoming a Major Donor to The Rotary Foundation. Our speakers for the day were Eva-Marie Tisdale and Herbert Chiu talking about 300 years of time travel from Bach to Pop. They gave a background to the upcoming November 18 concert TOCCATA featuring Falk & Sons – this concert is a fundraiser for the Fremont Symphony. Towards the end of the speakers’ presentation, I glanced across the room to see both Manuel and Daren on fire with RED faces after tasting one of the hottttteeeessssstttt Chili peppers on the planet presented to them by Paul Andrus. At the beginning of the meeting it was agreed that this pepper was too hot for consumption. However, Boys will be Boys! Somehow about 1:15, common sense evaded them and they could not resist. Let’s just say it was a VERY HOT ending to a FUN meeting. See FACEBOOK for the video! October 19th Diwali! Our club came together in an amazing way this day as we celebrated Diwali with our Rotary Family for the first time – The Festival of Light. Geeta, Padma, Chiral, Savita, Rav, and Manohar put together a beautiful program of celebration, information, dance, food and sweets. The room was decorated with LED candles, beautiful scarves, and gems, and most were in festive brightly colored traditional clothing. Walking into the room made one smile. We opened our meeting with our own Sophia Ahmad doing her Ice Breaker and exchanging her Red Badge for BLUE – her parents were in proud attendance.

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Rose’s Ruminations (continued)

Geeta then took the stage and got the party started. All told of their Diwali Traditions, and Padma did a beautiful dance. Check our Facebook page for pictures. Because I was worried about time, I began the program early without fining or Happy Cup. Because I had some extra time at the end, I announced the Happy Cup and had the Happiest Cup donations ever. Everyone was happy-happy-happy! Thank you Niles Rotarians Family members for a wonderful meeting and one that I will never forget. That evening Niles Rotarians gathered at La Pinata for our first Social Change meeting lead by Sophia Ahmad and Aziz Akbari. We invited Rotarians, Rotaractors and young professionals under 40 to an evening of Margaritas, great food, Ice Breaker games, and just a time of getting to know each other. Aziz and Sophia gave the group some basic information about Rotary and why they became Rotarians. It was a great evening; about 30 attended. OH and not to be forgotten, yes, we took time for the HOT HOT Chili Pepper Challenge. The waiter thought Jeff and Colin were crazy. I know the younger participants had a wonderful time; we can expect that they will bring their friends in November. Congratulations on an evening well done to Team Leaders Sophia and Aziz with the team of Maggie Guilbeaux-Chambers, Don Cole, Tammi Souza, Chuck Canada, Lisa Lorenz, Mary Lynn Pelican, and Jeff Schinkel. Our last official social of the month was the annual bocce party at the Prescott Casa. It was a beautiful day of socializing, vineyards, and bocce. Thank you Bruce for hosting this fun event every year. Thank you to the Social Chair, Angus, for organizing along with Steve Landon, Chuck Canada, Dana Jones, Lisa Lorenz, and Tammi

Souza for putting all the details together for a wonderful afternoon. Someone had the influence to get our own Bubba back on the grill. We miss you Bubba. It is always great to see you and EAT your BBQ. THE Bocce Winners ARE --- Rose and Randy, Orlando, and Steven Lloyd. Our last meeting of October (can you believe it?) began especially great as we inducted our 4th Rotarian of the year Larry Day, sponsored by Nader Ayad. Larry will be mentored by Steve Landon. Larry introduced the club to his wife Kathy and gave a little overview about kids, travel, and sports. Welcome to the Club, Larry and Kathy. Paul Iannaccone was present once again to honor Rosemary Ashley’s daughter Christine as a Paul Harris Fellow. Rosemary’s daughter flew down from Seattle for the presentation. This is the last child of Rosemary’s to receive their Paul Harris Fellow; she will begin to work on her grandkids next. TODAY was the DAY Rav and Maggie finally get to say they have exchanged their Red badges for Blue. Congratulations. The HOT HOT Chili Pepper challenge is about at an end. Today the twist was from Padma who brought HOT Indian prepared chilis and challenged everyone to come forward for $10.00. We had a line!! Niles Rotarians are the BEST and step up for any challenge. John Dutra introduced our Speaker Suzanne Wolf from Fremont Parks and Rec. She gave an interesting presentation about our City – current happenings and plans for the future. Parks are very important to the City and I was very proud as she outlined Niles Rotary’s involvement in assisting the City in maintaining our parks and supporting wonderful programs.

Fondly, President Rose


CLUB MEETINGS –

OCTOBER

C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S

• Saturday November 4 – 8 am –noon – Ghost House Take Down – Contact: Jeff Schinkel**

• Saturday November 11 - noon to 3 pm – Bowling – Cloverleaf Bowl, 40645 Fremont Blvd. Contact: Steve Cho**

• Tuesday November 14 – 6 pm – Mentor Checkin – contact: Geeta Kadambi

• Thursday November 30 - 3:45 – 6 pm – Feed the Hungry at Centerville Pres. Church. Contact: Rose Evernden-Andrade**

• February 16-19, 2018 – Paso Robles Wine Trip – contact: Chuck Canada**

• Saturday March 24, 2018 – Annual Niles Rotary Reverse Raffle – Save the Date!**

• Thursday March 29 – Warriors vs Milwaukee basketball – contact: Sophia Ahmad

• June 15 – 16 – Yosemite – contact: Frank Pirrone • June 23 – 27, 2018 – RI Convention in Toronto,

Ontario, Canada*

*good Area or District activity for Red Badgers ** good Social or Community Service activity for Red Badgers *** For current calendar information, check the club website – calendar and Events sections CLUB PROGRAMS November 2 – Disaster Preparedness – Alex Schubek, Fremont Emergency Services Manager November 9 – Celebrating Veterans Day – Jim Bell (area meeting) November 16 – Reverse Raffle Kickoff – Brian Hughes November 23 – no meeting Noember 30 – JP Das Brew – Jan & Priscilla The weekly eBulletin lists each club program Club programs are listed on the club website: www.nilesrotary.org

MEMBERSHIP

President Rose reminds us to keep bringing guests to our club meetings. Membership Development, Engagement, and Retention are the keys to our future and to the continued success of Niles Rotary. The following members have joined Niles Rotary since July 2016. Please make sure you have met them, know who they are, and that they know you. Aziz Akbari - Accounting Martin Herter – Senior Living – Administration Sophia Ahmad – Attorney, Business/Immigration Gael Stewart – Coffee House/Catering Maggie Gilbeaux-Chambers – Nursing-Emergency Linda Anderson – Education, Public Padmaja Magadala – Physician, Global Health Chiral Desai – Bakery – Retail/Boutique Larry Day – Industrial Boilers When someone asks us what is Rotary, here is what we can say – the short version:

• It’s a leadership organization … We’re made up of local business, professional and civic leaders.

• We meet regularly, get to know each other, form friendships, and through that, we’re able to get things done in this community.


CLUB MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS – OCTOBER

October 5 program: Bob Garfinkle – The Moon October 5 – new member Chiral Desai & her family

Oct. 5 – and Chiral does her Icebreaker October 12 program – Eva-Maria Tisdale & Herb Chiu

Oct. 12 – program- Oct. 12 – Paul Harris Major Donor – Mary Lynn Oct. 12 – Paul Harris Fellows – TOCCATA Kathy Laidlaw, Larry Bowen


CLUB MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS – OCTOBER (continued)

October 19 – Diwali program October 19 – Chiral and Geeta

Oct. 19 – Padma –her first dancing was as a Oct. 19 – Rav – club members speak about India & Diwali young girl dancing for Rotary programs in India


CLUB MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS – OCTOBER (continued)

October 19 – beautifully decorated room for Diwali October 19 – Sophia does her Icebreaker

October 19 – Diwali program – Sophia, Geeta, Mary Lynn, Maggie

October 26 – Suzanne Wolf – Fremont Recreation Services Trick or Treat at Street Eats – a Rec Service


RECENT COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES

On Oct 21, Rotarians from Niles Rotary and Mission San Jose worked on the fence project at Rancho Higuera park For more information on this project, please visit the NilesRotary.org website

Though not an official club project, several Niles Rotarians (Rich Godfrey, John Dutra, Paul Andrus) helped clean up and paint the windmill at the California Nursery Historic Park for the centennial Roeding celebration on October 14.


ROTARIANS FROM THE ROTARY CLUB OF ANCHORAGE SOUTH VISIT NILES ROTARY (September 26 – October 13) – Mike & Sunny Morrison were hosted by Harry Avila, the Kimbers, the Boudameses, with a trip to and events at Pebble Beach, paella party, lunch with Rick & Cherie King, and Fellowship Sunday at Steven Lloyd’s.

A Fellowship Sunday at Steven Lloyd’s Paella party by the Landons & Chuck at Chuck’s home

Paella event with Alaskans

Paella event with Alaskans


NILES ROTARIANS MAKE UP MEETINGS – IN FRANCE and HAWAII

Lisa and Dirk in Nice, France Steven Lloyd at the RC of Ala Moana, Honululu

DISTRICT AVENUES OF SERVICE MEETING – October 5


RECENT SOCIAL ACTIVITIES A very large crowd of Niles Rotarians enjoyed bocce and fellowship on October 21 at the home of Bruce Prescott. Food preparation & service was provided by Bubba Hagg, Tammi Souza, Lisa Lorenz, and Dana Jones. Site cleaning & preparation was done by Chuck Canada & Steve Landon. Bocce organization and score keeping done by Steve Lloyd. Congrats to the winning bocce team: Rose & Randy, Orlando, Steven Lloyd

Great barbeque by Chef Bubba Careful measuring – lots of help


10-12-2017 Board Summary Treasurers Report: Don noted that dues are slow to arrive this year. Membership – Chuck gave an extensive review of all things membership. Rav and Maggie are ready for their Blue Badges. The Board approved the publishing of Larry Day as a prospective new Rotarian. November 14 will be the Mentor Check in at Geeta’s. October 19, Sophia and Aziz will be kicking off the first meeting of our Social Change that hopes to attract young professionals to Niles Rotary. He has also asked Raj and Tim to check into the corporate membership. RI Foundation – Paul Iannaccone gave a great overview of where we are with our RI Foundation giving. Our giving is up to $8000 thus far this Rotary year. Club Service Administration – Rose reported about club service in Sandy Stabile’s absence. Dana was present to give a COGS report that all is well. We had a Web Site overview given by Paul Andrus. Basics are - of the 529 sessions, 203 came from Fremont, 35 from San Francisco, 24 from Dubai and 62 from other parts of California. Of the 529 sessions, 317 were new to our site. The gender was split 44.7 Female and 55.3 Male. Jeff Schinkel gave a very interesting report on our FaceBook page, which will be included in the Pinion. Jeff also gave a very encouraging report on the Chili Challenge. Community Service – Paul gave a report on Rancho Higuera Mission San Jose & Niles Rotary Clubs Fencing Project; this project should be done next weekend. Apparently several Niles Rotarians volunteered to help renovate the windmill in the Niles Nursery historical park. The Rotarians requested $300 to help pay for the paint and a small Niles Rotary plaque that will be placed in the windmill. The Board agreed, and it was noted that in the future all projects should be approved by the Board.

International Service - Richard Godfrey reported on the international front. Geeta is working on the Sight Now grant to be signed by the 30th of Oct. He discussed several opportunities that look good and will bring back more info. Youth Services – Adam noted he is working with the kids from the high schools – the Leadership Conference was well attended by our schools. Social Committee – PP Angus reported on all things Social- October 21 is bocce at the Prescott home. Save the date with details to follow. November - we will have a Bowling Saturday and in December we will have a Holiday party. President Elect Brian reported on the Reverse Raffle committee that met October 11. Things are moving along and he will be checking in with team leads regarding their participation. President’s Report – Rose read an email from Sandy Stabile requesting a leave of absence; for personal reasons she has requested to step down from the Board. Because Dana and Sandy work so closely together, Rose has asked Dana to take Sandy’s seat on the Board. We will review the roster for a Sergeant At Arms replacement. The Board voted to accept Sandy’s resignation and approved Dana as the Board member replacement. The Niles Foundation Meeting was called to order – Larry presented the Foundation Financials – They were approved as written. The Brokerage account is almost done. The Tax Returns are back and ready for signature.


AREA 3 NEWS

FREMONT MORNING CLUB – new name and logo – and Nov 4 event

FREMONT ROTARY – EVENT Rotary Rocks the Holidays – Saturday December 16 from 6 – 10 pm at Mission San Jose Dominican Sisters Center Wine Reception – Buffet – Live Music by the ideaband $75 per person RSVP – President John Rehnberg ([email protected])


FELLOWSHIP FRIDAYS What are Fellowship Fridays? Basically, a social opportunity to hang out with Niles Rotarians and enjoy our special Niles Rotary fellowship. Our 2017 Fellowship Fridays season wound up at the end of October.

October 13 at the home of Craig & Tina Steckler

October 20 at the home of Steven Lloyd and Milijana Prcovic

Oct. 27 – Ghost House tour and dinner after


As of October 25 – the total raised was $56,632!!!!! This was up from $46,618 in just one day! Each of the Area 3 Rotary clubs has determined the local non-profit organization that they will support. The organizations supported this year include: Tri-City Rotary Clinic, Salvation Army, Life ElderCare, New Haven Schools Foundation, Interact clubs in the tri-city area, Washington Township Museum of Local History, and the Area 3 World Community Service Committee. Niles Rotary selected Life ElderCare for our beneficiary. Daren has gone to great effort and sacrifice to consume chili peppers at club meetings to inspire our club members to donate. He is helped by special beverages and other peppery consumables from Sophia Ahmad and Margaret Thornberry.


NILES ROTARIANS IN THE COMMUNITY October was a very busy month for the various non-profit organizations in town and for Niles Rotarians’ attendance at those events. Here are just a few of the events attended by Niles Rotarians.

Give Teens 20 – All in White Masquerade – Oct. 20 Top Hat – Oct. 14

Fremont Education Foundation Run 4 Education – October 22

Chiral (Nothing Bundt Cakes) at FEF event Raj (Fremont City Council) at FEF event

Maria (Republic Services) at FEF event Jeff Schinkel’s popcorn at the Ghost House


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NOW ON YouTube A Mother’s Vision – an interview with Richard D. King, Past Rotary International President. Paul Andrus interviews Rick King – check it out. Thank you Paul and Aggie Freeman for your work on this interview and getting it published. You can find a link to the YouTube video on the Niles Fremont Rotary Facebook page.

Centerville Free Dining Room Food Handlers Card Information Next Feed the Hungry is November 30 – you must have a food handler certificate (unless you are the door greeter or person taking census)FromRoseEvernden-Andrade: AsaresultofarecentEnvironmentalHealthDepartmentinspectionattheCentervilleFreeDiningRoom,allRotarianvolunteersthathandlefoodarerequiredtohaveaCaliforniaFoodHandlercardtoworkatFeedtheHungrydinners.Thisincludesall: Kitchenfoodhandlers; Servers; DishWashersTheonlyvolunteersexemptforthisrulearetheGreetersandthepersontakingtheCensus.Rotarianscanobtaintheircardbygoingonlinetowww.premierfoodsafety.com. Thereisacostforthecourse.Youmustcreateanaccount,sign-inandlistentothetrainingvideo,whichrunsabout45minutes.Thereisa40questionquizattheendthatyoumustpasswitha70%.Itisveryeasyandreallyjustgoesoverthebasicsoffoodhandling. Onceyouhavepassedyoucanprintyourcertificateandcardonyourhomeorworkprinter.Thereisaformthatneedstobesigned.Ifyouhavenotyethadtheformsigned,youcanbringacopyofyourcardtoFeedtheHungry,andtheywillhaveyousigntheform.ROTARIANSWITHOUTCARDSWILLNOTBEABLETOVOLUNTEERFORTHISPROJECT.IfyouwouldlikeassistancewiththisPLEASEcallme–Iamhappytosettimeupinmyofficeandwalkyouthroughtheprocess.Icanbereachedat510-304-7703.Ifyouhaveteens,spousesorsignificantothersthatattendthisprojecttheywillberequiredtohavetheircardandsigneddocumentalso.Thankyouforyoursupport-PERose

There is a link to the California Food Handler Card Exam Study Guide at California-Foodhandlercard.com


RI CONVENTION 2018 – TORONTO

June 24 – 27, 2018 Check out the RI convention website: www.riconvention.org and follow the various links for further information. You can sign up to receive convention update information.

Niles Rotary has about 20 Rotarians and family attending the RI Convention in Toronto! The September 2017 Rotarian has a good article on Toronto (pg. 30 – 41), site of the 2018 Rotary International convention. In addition, on page 12 is an article on tours from Toronto. Every issue of the Rotarian has a column on Toronto or some aspect of the RI Convention.

ROTARACT

Mary Lynn encourages all area Rotarians to attend a Rotaract meeting –held on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. at Mission Coffee. Check with Mary Lynn or President Martin Kludjian to confirm meeting & location before attending. ([email protected])

Rotaract meeting Oct. 21 – Raj Salwan speaker

SOCIAL CHANGE MEETING

October 19 – the first of several meetings to attract under age 40 people and introduce them to

Rotary


ROTARIAN OF THE MONTH

July – Paul Iannaccone

For work on The Rotary Foundation

August – Chuck Canada For Membership Development Committee

leadership

September – Jeff Falk Club Greeter

END POLIO NOW – check this website for the most up to date information on the drive to eradicate polio: www.polioeradication.org Polio Eradication Update – Wild Polio Virus- Polio Case Countdown – Year to date (October 25, 2017) Polio Endemic Countries

2017 ytd

2016 ytd

2016 total

Afghanistan 7 8 13 Pakistan 5 15 20 Nigeria 0 4 4 Total yr to date: 12 27 37 Rotary announces that we’re closer than ever to ending the disease for good. But our fight isn’t over. There’s still work to be done in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the two remaining polio-endemic countries. Only 12 cases so far this year!!

CyndyMo at End Polio Now event in Atlanta. World Polio Day was October 24


ROTARY WEB LINKS

Niles Rotary: www.nilesrotary.org District 5170: www.rotarydistrict5170.org Rotary International: www.rotary.org

RI Theme – 2017-2018

2017 – 2018 RI President Ian Riseley

District 5170 Theme – 2017 - 2018

2017 – 2018 District Governor Orrin Mahoney

Niles Rotary Website: www.nilesrotary.org For the latest and more detailed information on Niles Rotary service projects, etc. check out Paul Andrus’s blogs in the Blog/News section of the website.

MEET OUR MEMBERS - WEBSITE Did you know that our nilesrotary.org website has a special section each quarter called “Meet Our Members”? It features 4 members along with brief bios of each. Here are the 4 Niles Rotarians featured on the website right now – all past female presidents of Niles Rotary.

Sandi Pantages (1991 – 1992)

Kimberly Hartz Foster (2011 – 2012)

Sandra Young (2012 – 2013)

Lisa Lorenz ( 2015 – 2016)


WHERE AREA 3 CLUBS MEET TUESDAY at 12 noon. Newark Rotary • Bistro 880 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 39900 Ballantine Dr., Newark WEDNESDAY at 7:15 a.m. Fremont Morning Rotary Club • Fremont Senior Center, 40086 Paseo Padre Parkway (2nd, 3rd, 4th Wednesdays, no meeting 1st Wed. of month) Note: new club name WEDNESDAY at 12 noon. Fremont Rotary • Spin a Yarn Restaurant, Fremont THURSDAY at 7:00 p.m. F.U.N. Sunset Rotary • Crown Plaza Hotel, Union City FRIDAY at 12 noon. Mission San Jose Rotary • Papillon Restaurant, Fremont SATURDAYS (last Sat. of month at 10 a.m.) Rotary Club of Huaren in Silicon Valley – 4500 Great American Parkway, Santa Clara Rotaract Club meets first and third Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. at Mission Coffee. Contact: President Martin Kludjian – [email protected] (www.rotaractfremont.org) Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley – meets online www.siliconvalleyrotary.com What kinds of meetings and events constitute a make-up for a missed Niles Rotary club meeting? You can make up a missed club meeting either 2 weeks before or 2 weeks after the meeting of Niles Rotary that you missed. In addition to attending a meeting of another Rotary club anywhere in the world (go to the R.I. or District 5170 websites to find out where clubs meet), you can attend a club social, community service project event (e.g. Feed the Hungry), committee meeting (e.g. Chili Cook Off Comm., Membership Comm., etc.), Niles Rotary Board of Directors meeting, District or R.I. event, or a special event. Or check the www.rotary.org website for an e-club make-up.

BIRTHDAYS Rick King November 2 Sherry Higgs November 3 Ameena Saeed November 3 Kimberly Hartz Foster November 6 Daren Young November 10 Don Cole November 17 Dana Jones November 18 Judy Coleman November 21 Aziz Akbari November 22 Cyndy Mozzetti November 27 Rick Hood November 28 ANNIVERSARIES Rakesh & Ranjana Sharma 11/3/1976 41 yrs Jeff & Terri Schinkel 11/16/1985 32 yrs Chiral & Dixit Desai 11/20/2002 15 yrs Almos & Erika Adorjan 11/27/1982 35 yrs NILES ROTARY ANNIVERSARIES Geeta Kadambi 11/5/2015 2 yrs Don Cole 11/8/2007 10 yrs AREA 3 and NEARBY EVENTS See page 13 for information on Fremont Morning Club event and the Fremont Rotary club holiday party fundraiser. NILES ROTARY BOARD MEETINGS: Second Thursday of the month at 7:30 a.m. at Washington West Room 240 – confirm before attending DISTRICT CABINET/LEADERSHIP MEETINGS: Second Wednesday of the month from 6-8 p.m. – check with President Rose, or the District website calendar, or our Area 3 Assistant Governor Jim Bell (Fremont Rotary) to confirm location.


NILES ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2017-2018 President: Rose Evernden-Andrade Past President & Social Chair: Angus Cochran President-Elect: Brian Hughes Club Administration: Dana Jones Service Projects/Community Service: Paul Andrus International Service: Rich Godfrey Youth Service: Adam Moura Vocational Service: Secretary: Tammi Souza Treasurer: Don Cole Parliamentarian: Bruce Prescott Membership Development: Chuck Canada Club Foundation Treasurer: Larry Bowen Sergeant-at-Arms: information pending Program Chair: Scott Chambers Rotary Int’l Foundation: Paul Iannacconi Pinion Editor: Sandi Pantages Club Photographer: Mary Lynn Pelican; Steve Cho Club Greeter: Jeff Falk Website/Social Media: Paul Andrus/Jeff Schinkel Public Relations: Jeff Schinkel Club Runner Updates: Tammi Souza Transition & Leadership Development: Jack Rogers Youth Protection Officer: Sandi Pantages Weekly eBulletin: Maria Mendoza Rotary International President: Ian Riseley District Governor: Orrin Mahoney Governor Area 3: Jim Bell

THE FOUR-WAY TEST Of the things we think, say, or do

I. Is it the TRUTH?

II. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

III. Will it build GOOD WILL

and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

IV. Will it be BENEFICIAL to

all concerned?

Niles Rotary Board Meetings are on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:30 a.m. – at Washington Hospital, San Jose Conference Room 240A Pinion Editor: Sandi Pantages – send information & articles to: ([email protected]) Photographers: Mary Lynn Pelican; Steve Cho Niles Rotary meets Thursdays at 12 noon at Washington West, 2500 Mowry Ave., Fremont Pinion Editor: Sandi Pantages ([email protected]) Photos courtesy of Mary Lynn Pelican

CENTERVILLE FREE DINING ROOM – 2017

2017 Niles Rotary at the Centerville Free Dining Room Dates – mark your calendars now for this Community Service project that we perform at the Centerville Pres. Church’s Free Dining Room whenever there is a 5th Thursday of the month. Remaining 2017 date: November 30. Shifts are from 2-4 or 3:45 to 6 p.m. Note: a Food Handler Certificate is required for most volunteers. Contact: Rose Evernden-Andrade.♦♦

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THE NILES ROTARY PINION · footsteps and do her Ice Breaker seconds after induction. Steve Landon was asked to give a big Thank You to all the club members that stepped up and gave