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Date and Place
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 12:15 p.m.......At the CAMERON PARK COUNTRY CLUB |
Words
of Wisdom
Words of Wisdom by Dave Bunje; Greeter Ulla Petersen; and John Johnson at the Front Desk |
Program
Bill Shea, former FAA Associate Administrator for Airports |
Last
Week
 This past week’s Club Program consisted of a guest speaker and a wrap-up of the preceding week’s Club Assembly presentations by Board members who did not have an opportunity to present during the scheduled Assembly. We will start off the Program portion of this e-dition of GEAR UP with our Guest Speaker, Folsom Fire Chief and Folsom Rotarian Dan Haverty, who gave Club members a presentation and insights on organ and tissue donation which only he could accomplish with such passion and enthusiasm, because the Chief himself is an organ donor.
Fritz Engel, the Club Service Chair introduced Chief Haverty and his wife, Teri. Dan is a third generation Sacramentan and prior to being named Folsom’s Fire Chief in 2007, he served as Assistant Fire Chief for the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District (SMFD). Dan served in the SMFD since 1987, when he joined as firefighter and rose through the ranks to Assistant Fire Chief in 2002. While serving in that capacity, Dan also served as Chief Assistant Deputy Director for the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security Training and Exercise Division. He also concurrently served as an Urban Search & Rescue Specialist for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. In addition to his department experience, Dan holds a Bachelors of Science in Fire Service Management from California State University, Sacramento, a Masters degree and a Doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Southern California and a second Masters in Public Agency Communications as well. Dan serves as an Instructor for both California State University and the University of Southern California (Capital Campus).
Although Dan was familiar with organ and tissue donation through his years in the fire service, he had never had any personal involvement with the process until 2004 when Sacramento Catholic Bishop William Weigand was reported ill with liver disease and without a transplant would die. After reading the Sacramento Bee article, Dan re-read the article over the course of a week and finally wrote a letter to the Bishop offering to be a donor. He subsequently found out a total of 27 people had made the same offer. After significant considerations were addressed by Bishop Weigand, seven months later Dan was determined to have the correct biological match to serve as the Bishop’s transplant donor.
In April 2005 the two men underwent simultaneous surgery at University of California San Francisco Hospital, with the transplant team removing the right lobe of Dan’s liver, which constitutes about 75% of the liver. Dan suddenly found the transplant (and himself) as a major media feature, as that same week Pope Paul died at the Vatican. The surgeries took about eight hours, with another eight hours of recovery. Dan returned to work eight weeks after the surgery and Bishop Weigand returned to his ministerial responsibilities within five months.
From a medical perspective, while Dan’s liver regenerated 90% in only six weeks, he will not be able to donate a portion of his liver in the future, as while the tissue regenerates, the vascular system which supplies blood to that portion of the organ does not regenerate.
Regarding organ and tissue donation, Dan observed that one organ and tissue donor can affect the lives of over 40 potential recipients. 10 years ago there were only 175,000 registered organ and tissue donors in California, but in 2005, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill which allowed the Department of Motor Vehicles to register organ and tissue donors during their licensing and vehicle registration process. Because of the new legislation, the number of registered donors in California has increased to over six million and continues to grow. Two additional resources for organ and tissue donation are on the internet at www.DonateLifeCalifornia.org and through the Golden State Donor Services organization (www.gsds.org).
In closing, Dan mentioned he recently served on a relay race team for a 12-year old Folsom boy, Conner Ellison, who is suffering from a similar liver disease as Bishop Weigand. Even though he is affected by this disease, in June Conner became the youngest person ever to complete the Race Across America, which is a 3,000 mile, 8-person bicycle relay race which starts in Oceanside, CA, and ends in Annapolis, MD. Conner’s effort raised $106,000 toward awareness of tissue and organ transplant. Dan commented that Conner is looking forward to participating in the 2011 Race Across America and is considering competing with only a 4-person relay team.
For the second part of the meeting’s program, President Anne continued the Club Assembly presentations from the previous meeting by introducing the Club’s Rotary International Foundation Chair Dave Bunje. Dave inspired all of the members present with his “elevator speech” about the RIF. He further set out his goals for the Club’s participation in the RIF this Rotary Year by stating he is encouraging each member of the Club to donate $100 to the Foundation during the year, which would bring the Club’s RIF contribution for RY 2010-2011 to a total of $5,800. In addition, Dave has set a Polio Plus goal for this year for the Club at $2,000. In closing, Dave observed that November is Rotary International Foundation Month and the annual RIF Dinner will be held on November 20th.
Next up to continue the Club Assembly presentations was the Club’s Vocational Service Chair Shiva Frentzen, who noted she could not do the job alone and gave credit to Vocational Service Committee members Chris Moore (Speech & Music competition), Chuck LePere (Interact & Scholarships), Ben Young, Suzi Lewis, Dave Sargent, Norm Headley and Fritz Engel. Shiva noted that Vocational Service had spent just over $16,000 in RY 2009-2010, with $12,000 of that going to six scholarships. She also announced that based on the proposed RY 2010-2011 budget currently being considered by the Board, Shiva did not foresee any change in the budget for this current year.
Last but not least, Club Public Relations Chair Carla Carlson announced that this year she and Bill Hughes are focusing on three areas for improving getting the Rotary Club’s word out to the community. The first effort will be through the websites of the Chambers of Commerce for both Shingle Springs/Cameron Park and El Dorado County. Both of these groups maintain event calendars and Carla will be placing Club events on these calendars. The second focus will be in January, which has been designated by Rotary International as Rotary Awareness Month. Carla is planning to have one major Club event each week which will receive a major media “push” and coverage, for example it is hoped the dedication for the Community Observatory Amphitheater can occur in January. The final focus area is on the Internet and Carla is requesting that all members put the link to the Club’s website on their personal and business websites, especially on social networking sites, such as Face Book. In closing, Carla mentioned she and PDG Bob Dorr will be attending a District Membership & Public Relations conference being held in Reno, NV, the latter part of October. Carla and Bob welcome any and all interested Club members to accompany them. |
Presidents
Corner
 ANNOUNCEMENTS:
President Anne Eckert called President-Elect Ben Foulk up to the podium to receive his “Club President-Elect” lapel pin. The engraving is apparently so small that no one can read the verbiage on the pin without using a microscope. The Editorial Staff ponders (as we often do) – Perhaps Rotary needs larger lapel pins?!
It was a great thrill for President Anne to recognize a very special visitor at the meeting, Cameron Park Rotary’s Youth Exchange Student from Belgium, Mathilde (Mathilde notes the “e” on the end of her name is silent!). Welcome, Mathilde! We’ll enjoying having you with us for the next year!
Madame Prez also reminded the assembled masses of the upcoming “Three Nines” : September 9th, which celebrates the visit of new District Governor Steve Lewis; October 9th, Show-and-Shine; and December 9th, the Club’s annual Christmas Dinner and Auction. She also noted that the Club’s Team Pancake, along with fellow Rotarians from El Dorado Hills, will be serving a pancake breakfast for participants at the upcoming “Zoom Zoom Woof Woof 2010” Canine Companions for Independence classic car show fund-raiser on September 11th at El Dorado Hills Town Center.
The Club’s Physician-in-Residence Norm Headley advised he had spoken with Mike Collom’s wife, Chris Reeg the previous night and Chris reported that Mike is progressing rapidly and is just about back to “pre-trip” condition, with the exception of needing an occasional “hit” of oxygen. Mike is anticipating returning to meetings the first week in September. What wonderful news about a great friend and even greater Rotarian. We can’t wait to see you, Mike!
Past President Bill Gallant announced that in response to the request for help at the last meeting, the preceding Saturday morning saw 15 Rotarians at Tom Keating’s Amphitheater Project to dig and lay concrete blocks. PP Bill commented that a fellow El Dorado Hills Rotarian has provided a second donation of $500 to the Amphitheater Project, bringing private donations for the Amphitheater to $2,500. Art Cort added that the next work days at the Amphibious Project will be Friday, August 27th and Saturday, August 28th – both days starting at 7:46 AM. (The Editorial Staff is just checking to see if anyone actually reads GEAR UP – If you caught “amphibious”, write it on a scrap of paper and hand it to Rick before The Prez starts Thursday’s meeting and see what happens!)
FRIDAY (8/27) UPDATE: PP Bill has just advised the Editorial Staff that the following fellow Rotarians were present for the Friday Work Day at the Amphitheater: Dave ”The Rev” Bunje, Art “What’s a Cubit?” Cort, Bill “We’re not in Kansas anymore” Gallant, Tom “What did I forget this time?” Keating and Dave “I missed a meeting and now I’m President of the Community Foundation” Sargent. It is reported that “The Daves” (Bunje and Sargent) were digging so furiously as to be headed to Hades – and that said, once they saw PP Bill and Chief Tom in the hole, the Dave brothers figured they had actually made it.
SATURDAY (8/28) UPDATE: A total of 13 people showed up at the Amphitheater to provide grunt power to prepare the site for another concrete-pouring session on Friday, September 3rd. The work party, led by The Baron of Latrobe consisted of President Anne, PP Bill Gallant, Ane Deister and husband Keith, Bob Edwards, El Dorado Hills Rotarian Janice Falek, Sabrina Ho and assistant Zack, Bill Hughes, Rick Spicer, and El Dorado Center Folsom Lake College Dean of Instruction Dale van Dam. Thanks to all who came out, especially Dale, Keith and Zack. The next work days will be Wednesday, September 1st (four volunteers needed!), Friday, September 3rd, and Saturday, September 4th.
The Club’s Youth Services Director Chuck LePere brought several letters written by this summer’s RYLA attendees regarding their experiences while attending RYLA. The Prez advised the letters would be available for reading.
Bill Hughes announced that Foster Family Service is holding a major fund-raiser called “Rhythm and Hue” at the Cameron Park Community Center on Sunday, September 22nd, from 6 PM to 9:30 PM. The event features exciting 27-year old artist David Garibaldi who creates six-foot portraits of pop icons in minutes to music. Garibaldi has been a key performer at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Golden State Warriors game with Carlos Santana, and “opened” for Snoop Dog over Superbowl weekend. Tickets for this event are $65 each and include a served tri-tip dinner, a live auction, a raffle and the opportunity to purchase one of Garibaldi’s original works. Sponsorships ranging from $250 to $1,000 are available as well. Please see Bill, John Johnson, or Martin Atencio for additional information.
Club Service Chair Fritz Engel requested that Club members provide him with a response by September 2nd regarding his email request a few days previously about potentially staffing a Rotary booth at the upcoming Rib-Stock BBQ Contest being held on Saturday, September 18th at Cameron Park Lake. According to Ed Anhorn of Sierra Smokehouse BBQ and Catering, event organizers are expecting between 8,000 and 10,000 attendees and Ed and Fritz both think it would be a great time to increase Rotary awareness. Fritz anticipates needing no more than eight or 10 CP Rotarians to staff the booth during the time of the event. Please contact Fritz as soon as possible to let him know whether or not you can help.
Fritz also announced that the upcoming September 2nd program will be of interest to those members who are pilots or who fly often, as the Program Speaker will be Bill Shea who is a retired Airport Administrator for the FAA.
Because he was on an out-of-area vacation for several weeks, Dave Tavernetti needed to attend one or two local Club meetings as “make-ups” in addition to those he attended while away. Dave was happy to announce that the newly chartered Rotary Club of Folsom Lake, which has noon lunch meetings on Tuesdays, is a great place to go for a “make-up”. Dave reports the Club conducts meetings at the old Ernie’s of Tahoe restaurant, which has recently been renamed to “The 5 Dollar Diner”. The diner is located at 707 East Bidwell in Folsom in an out-building in the Raley’s shopping center across from Les Schwab Tires and Lowes. The Charter President of the Folsom Lake Club is none other than soon-to-be retired (and loving it) Folsom Fire Chief Dan Haverty.
Show-and-Shine is approaching rapidly and Iain Marshall noted that sponsors are still being sought and sponsor sign-up sheets are still available. See Iain for the sheets if you or someone you know is interested.
Vickie Christensen McLain announced the annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life for El Dorado County will be held September 11th and 12th and, once again, Vickie will be participating. For Club members who wish to join Vickie’s Team, or to donate to support her efforts to eliminate cancer, please go to http://main.acsevents.org/goto/Vickie. Vickie also acknowledged and was thankful for the Club providing a $250 donation to the American Cancer Society this year in support of her efforts. You are a true Rotarian, Vickie – Go girl!
Finally, Dave Sargent requested that the Editorial Staff announce a brief meeting of the Christmas Dinner & Auction Committee will be held just before the next meeting at 11:45 AM on Thursday, September 2nd. Committee members are requested to attend and other interested Club members are invited, of course. The more help the better, as the Christmas Dinner and Auction raises more than one third of our Club’s annual charitable funding.
SPECIAL REMINDER: Club members are reminded that at this coming week's meeting there will a vote regarding the proposed Club Bylaws change, increasing the Board of Directors from 11 to 12 positions. All members are encouraged to participate. |
Noted
Rotarians
 HAPPY BUCKS AND NOT-SO-HAPPY BUCKS:
After leaving his radio at a meeting last year, one would think Tom Keating would ensure he was leaving a Rotary function with everything he came to it with. Alas, that was not the case with the Rotary Work Day at the Amphitheater Project the previous Saturday. As a result, Tom needed to shovel $3 into the Club Coffers to recover his beloved #2 shovel, which was orphaned by Tom at the Amphitheater.
Apparently, trips to Alaska and Canada for summer vacation were the choice of many Cameron Park Rotarians and Dave Tavernetti was no exception. Dave enjoyed his stay in Vancouver, BC, so much, including spending time with the Vancouver Rotarians, he whistled up $10 in Happy Bucks and added another $25 directed to the Club’s Polio Plus Campaign goal for 2010-2011. This isn’t Dave’s first time in Vancouver and his fellow Rotarians expect him to know the words to “Oh, Canada” on his next trip. Not a problem, Dave, eh?
Due to a meeting he had to attend at Foster Family Service, Bill Hughes levied a self-imposed fine of $10 for having to leave our meeting early. “Self-levied fines” ….. now THIS is a new concept the Treasurer would love to see turn into a trend!
Carla and Frank Carlson hosted a number of CP Rotarians for dinner the previous Friday night, a gift they generously donated to the Christmas Auction last year. Attendees reported the affair consisted of excellent food, a beautiful venue, incredible company and exceptional service. “Servers” for the dinner were Iain Marshall and wife Sally, with Iain dressed in white shirt, black bow tie and black shorts. To celebrate this great success, Carla decided to donate $100 to the CP Rotary Community Foundation in lieu of giving the money to Iain as a “tip”. The Editorial Staff asks – Did anyone get a picture of Iain’s knees? That might be worth another couple of bucks for the Foundation!
To celebrate returning from a wonderful and relaxing 10-day vacation in Oregon, and also to celebrate his 54th wedding anniversary with wife, Dottie, Doug Bisbee offered $30 in Happy Bucks to the Club Coffers. |
Birthdays
in September
David Bunje
Michel Fourcroy
Dennis Hamilton
Sabrina Ho
John Johnson
-----Spouses-----
Howell Ellerman
Dale Christiansen Russo
Heidi Wilson
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Anniversaries
in September
Dave & Gina Crofut
Bob & Barbara Dorr
Dave & Carol Sargent
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Upcoming
Calendar
September 9, 2010 - District Governor Steve Lewis
September 16, 2010 - John Johnson will discuss the services provided by his organization, Foster Family Service
September 23, 2010 - Cameron Park Rotary's Rotary Youth Exchange Student to Brazil this past year, Lizzie, will to speak on her adventures. (Mtg to be held at Cameron Park Community Center)
September 30, 2010 - Bruce Hester, downtown Sacramento Rotarian and friend speaking on "How Mongolia Changed the World"
October 7, 2010 - Irina Green, Rick Spicer & "Friends" will give a presentation on Canine Companions for Independence |
Upcoming
Words of Wisdom/Greeter Assignments
September 9, 2010 - Words of Wisdom by Bob Dorr; Greeter Carla Carlson; and John Johnson at the Front Desk
September 16, 2010 - Words of Wisdom by Chuck LePere; Greeter Iain Marshall; and Mike Dugan at the Front Desk
September 23, 2010 - Words of Wisdom by Bob Edwards; Greeter Joe Ryan; and John Johnson at the Front Desk
September 30, 2010 - Words of Wisdom by Max Callaghan; Greeter Bill Hughes; and John Johnson at the Front Desk
October 7, 2010 - Words of Wisdom by Dave Sargent; Greeter Mike Dugan; and Bill Hughes at the Front Desk
October 14, 2010 - Words of Wisdom by Mike Dugan; Greeter Rube Jessop; and Ulla Petersen at the Front Desk
October 21, 2010 - Greeter Bob Clarke; and Sabrina Ho at the Front Desk
October 28, 2010 - Greeter Art Cort; and Sabrina Ho at the Front Desk |
The
Last Word
 DATES TO REMEMBER:
September 9, 2010 - DG Steve Lewis; September Board Meeting at 11 AM with DG Steve (Note change of date)
October 9, 2010 - Show and Shine
December 9, 2010 - Annual Christmas Dinner & Auction, 6 PM at the Cameron Park Country Club
Mike Neal has put together a photo series of highlights of the Rotary Amphitheater Construction work party held on August 21, 2010. The link is at the bottom of this web page.
Gear Up is written by Art Cort, Jim Buckley and Rick Spicer [also known as CBS]. Web site, photography, and artwork through the talents of Mike Neal. |
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/ The Russian Engineer`s team from Vladivostock Photographs