Vol 2. No 23 March 8, 2016

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

I saw on Facebook some other club's Rotary Birthday celebrations, with cupcakes and cookies. We have to admit that ours was far more festive and visible for a lot of non-Rotarians.

Also our Dictionaries project is way bigger than of some other clubs, reaching out to more children than what I have seen so far. We can be proud of our club!

But there is still a lot of work before we will have all our projects registered at Rotary Central. I thank everybody who already sent me description of the projects and still need the help of our Secretary to get this all done.

On April 9 we will have the Club Leadership Assembly in Reno. It is important for new members to attend this event as well as for any other members.

The early bird registration for the District Conference, 13-15 May is open on the District’s website. Hopefully we will have a crowd to welcome John Sullivan as District Governor and Mike Flag as Pres-ident. It will be a special event for our club.

If we want a citation this year we will need at least 3 new lady mem-bers, sponsored by somebody who never was a sponsor before. So please all of you start to look for new members. And of course gentleman are most welcome also, in spite of this being Internation-al Women’s Day celebrated by Rotary International.

CELEBRATING ROTARY’S 111 YEAR BIRTHDAY

Group photo taken of our folks after the

Stockton Heat game. Photo was taken by

their team photographer and supplied us

with the high res file. If you would like a copy

of the digital file for your own use, contact

Jim Wilmarth or Dirk Wentling.

THE WAY TOO COOL GRANDMA

PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE

As you know, Mike went to San Jose to participate in the annual Presidents

Elect Training Seminar (PETS) this past weekend. Mike learned techniques, pro-

tocols and procedures for a successful year as our club’s president beginning in

July. Mike is already planning on asking each of you for your assistance in mak-

ing this the best club we can be. Please think about what you can contribute to

the club’s success. Do you have ideas? Is there something you would like us to

do differently? Contact Mike and share your ideas for the club’s future.

THANK YOU

We appreciate the assistance offered by the following

members in creating this week’s newsletter:

Dirk Wentling—Editor , Photography and Content

Ashley Carnicello—Content

Jim Wilmarth—Photography

Sharon Hampton—Photography & Content (via FB)

IF SERVING IS

BELOW YOU,

LEADERSHIP IS

BEYOND YOU

Sharon Hampton ran The Way Too Cool Ultra 50k on Sunday, March 6th and in spite of the heavy rains and extremely muddy trails she came in first in her age division. Sharon is quoted as saying: “Today I feel great! What an experience”

Sharon’s daughter posted on Facebook: “So proud of my mom who at 73 finished her first ultra trail run of 31+ miles. Of course she finished 1st in her age group and in under 8 hours. Oliver and I have a saying when times get tough - no excuses allowed what would grandma do? Mom you are an inspiration and a total kick ass chick!!”

Great job, Sharon! We are all very proud of your accomplishment!

The Interact Club met last night

and had a lively discussion on ways

that they could raise money for Polio Plus and

other community based projects. President Ade-

laide and VP Madie are doing a great job under

the guidance and leadership assistance of Ash-

ley C and Jim W. President Adelaide tells me

that one of her long range goals is to ensure the

continued success of the club even after she graduates later this year.

There was a bit of water running through

Sutter Creek on March 7th after the rains

from the over night storms.

Tuesday Mar 8th Marianne Latham

Saturday, Mar 12th Trivia Challenge at Sutter Creek Auditorium

Tuesday Mar 15th Jim Rooney

Tuesday Mar 22nd Meet the Member

Wednesday Mar 30th Four Club Membership Mixer at Thomi’s Banquet

Room

May 13-15, 2016 2016 District Conference at Atlantis Convention Center in Reno

Tuesday Apr 5th Keith Sweet

Tuesday Apr 12th Speaker TBD

Tuesday Apr 19th Thomas Moraitis

May 28-29th (Memorial Day Weekend) Eagles Nest Car Show

>>CLUB CALENDAR: SAVE THE DATE<<

President— Irene Perbal

Past President— Marv Hampton

President Elect— Mike Flagg

President Elect Nominee—Dirk Wentling

Secretary— Bruce Platt

Exec. Secretary— John Sullivan

Treasurer— Richard Campbell

Foundation Chair—Pat Crew

District Governor Elect—John Sullivan

Directors

Club Service—Dirk Wentling

Community Service—Keith Des Voignes

Director at Large—Rick Sprenkel

Director at Large—Anne Platt

Director at Large—Sharon Hampton

Director at Large—Richard Muller

Director at Large—Stan Lukowicz

Membership—Tammie Crabtree

Rotary Club of Jackson 2015-2016 Board of Directors

MARCH BIRTHDAYS

FREE DINNER?

As the old adage goes: There’s no such thing as

a “free dinner”. If you are the lucky winner of

the free dinner, you will actually have to work

for it by providing the club with a good joke

AND by being the GREETER at the meeting.

Come early, grab the GREETER’s badge and

welcome our fellow members and guests to the

meeting. This is an old school Rotary protocol

that President Irene is bringing back to encour-

age fellowship within the membership.

Muller Rich March 3

Rhein Elizabeth March 7

Hampton Sharon March 20

Yager Lemonia March 23

BRING A GUEST TO OUR

MEETINGS. SHARE ROTARY

AND HELP OUR CLUB GROW!