The Voice of the Vineyards The Weekly Electronic Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Healdsburg

“The mission of a bulletin is inform the membership, comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable”

Author: Lynda Guthrie

Photographer: Rick Tang

Editor/Publisher: George Heath

May 9, 2016

WELCOME

President John Hazlett called the meeting to order and asked

Nita Parker to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: Roger Olson shared the following

quote by Richard L. Evans: “Don’t let life discourage you;

Everyone who got where his is had to begin where he was.”

He also shared a thought of his own: “Who was the first to

create the “Do not duplicate key?” There were no answers to

the latter.

VISITING ROTARIANS:

Mark Thayer, Rotary Club of Cloverdale and

husband of

Guy Harden, Rotary Club of Newport-Irvine.

GUESTS OF ROTARIANS:

John Lambert, guest of John Hazlett, and Speaker of the Day

Liz Loebel, guest of Al Loebel

Arline & William Jacobs, guests from New York of

Artie Stein who made a $100 donation to the Foundation

honoring their friendship

Janet Bottarini, guest of Rich Bottarini

Carol Hazlett, guest of John Hazlett;

Jane Wann, wife of Grady Wann

Regina Pike, Dan Chapin’s mother and her

friend Ed Gilmore.

PAUL HARRIS FELLOW RECOGNITION

Foundation Chair, Wally Schultz, presented to Neale

Miller a Paul Harris Fellow Certificate donated

anonymously by a member of our Club.

LUNCH

Today’s delicious lunch included a tossed green salad, chicken smothered in mushrooms,

eggplant patties, a platter of asparagus and cauliflower, spring rolls, and yummy lemon and

chocolate mini bars.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

President John thanked PP John Avakian for the

very nice mixer held at PP John and wife, Janet's, house last

Wednesday

Bill Hawn and Rich Bottarini were welcomed back after absences due to medical issues.

Roger Olson announced that our Club is a sponsor of the June 2nd

Hot Dog Lunch at the

Air Museum. John Hazlett has tickets that he will probably “auction off” at a future

meeting. Roger encourages us to come early and enjoy viewing the Museum Air Craft.

Richard Norgrove announced that Rich Bottarini

has accepted the position of President Nominee-Elect.

Rich’s term will be 2018-19 and will be President Nominee

during Lynda’s term of office and will follow Kate

Buchanan’s term.

Dave Anderson offered to pay a $50 fine to the

Club in honor of Gov. Brown’s signing of the Tabaco Law

increasing the age for Tabaco Purchases from 18 to 21.

Patti Mannatt reminded everyone of our Mixer/Potluck at

the FFA Parade around 5pm on Thursday, May 23. More

information to come…

District Conference

Club Members Who Attended the District Conference in Napa May 6-8:

John Hazlett & Carol, John Avakian & Janet, Nita Parker, Lynda Guthrie and

Jean Herschede.

Polio Plus Award: John Hazlett announced that we received the Polio Plus

Award for our Green Hair Day event and noted that we came in 2nd

in the

District for raising over $16,000 for Polio Plus this year. It was noted that some

of the funds raised include $50 from each of the quarterly payments made to the

Foundation by our members.

Governor’s Award: John Hazlett received the Governor’s Award for meeting a

long list of requirements established by this year’s District Governor.

Congratulations, John!

RECOGNITIONS

May Rotary Anniversaries

Wally Schultz, 37 years

Rick Tang, 14 years

Tom Billeter, 2 years

Birthdays

Patti Mannatt, $100 to the Foundation;

Dave Anderson announced that Bill Hawn’s birthday was May 8th

and Bill

donated $75 to the Club.

Wedding Anniversaries

John Avakian, $25 to the Club.

RAFFLE: President John Hazlett had the winning ticket but didn’t pick the winning marble.

SPEAKER

Tom Colbert introduced our

speaker, John Lambert, who spoke

to us on the topic of BEING

PREPARED (for what’s to come).

Born and raised in Berkeley, John

began his story with a sad situation

for which he could not be prepared,

the death of his father from a brain

tumor when John was 12-1/2 years

old. Then, during the following year

he grew from 5’4” to 6’4” (He

ultimately reached the height of

6’11”). He began his successful basketball career one year behind Bill Walton at Berkeley High

and played against Bill in college with Bill playing for UCLA and John for USC.

Following his college career he played in the NBA League from 1975-1982 with the Cleveland

Cavaliers, Kansas City Kings and San Antonio Spurs. He averaged 3.8 points and 3.3 rebounds

per game. After the NBA he worked as a Color Analyst (Sports Commentator) for ESPN and

other networks. Later he began a career in Investment Management that he continues today.

In his Rookie Year with the Cavs, the team made their

first-ever playoff appearance and clinched their first

Central Division Title. Throughout his presentation he

shared many interesting experiences from his basketball

career.

CLOSING

Prez John thanked visitors and guests for coming and rang the bell.

NEXT MTG

Our Speaker will be Jill Ravitch, Sonoma County District Attorney