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R TIDEThe Rotary Club of Tiburon-BelvedereChartered June 27, 1977

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Meetings: 12:15 p.m., Wednesday, Tiburon Peninsula Club, 1600 Mar West St., Tiburon

KUDOS TO THE CREWPledge Bill LindqvistDrawing Noch Callaway SergeantatArms Klaus Meinberg

THOUGHT FOR THE DAYBill Lindqvist

wasinalittlevillageinVirginiacalledAppomattoxandvisitedthecourthousewhereRobertE.Leesurrendered.

HesharedthefollowingquotefromConfucius,whichheconsiders

relevanttoleaderstoday:“Asuperiormanismodestinhisspeech,butexceedsinhisactions.”

SILENT REFLECTIONPresident Barbara Newhouseledusinamomentof

silenceinmemoryofthefivevictimsofthetragicsailingaccidentinvolvingaboatfromtheSanFranciscoYachtClublastweekend.

VISITORS AND GUESTSJanMarkwasavisitorfromtheRotaryClubof

Helsingborg-Landborgen,Sweden.HeisvisitinghissisterinMillValley.HelivesinthesouthernpartofSweden,closetoDenmark,andhopeswewillvisithisclub.HepresentedPresident Barbara withabannerforourclubandsaid,“You’rewelcometoSweden,allofyou.”UllaNiehoffwasJan’sguest.

Dave AlbertintroducedEvaBuxton,abotanistfromTiburon,whoisresponsibleforourchoiceofasecondprojectforRotaryatWorkDay.

EileenAspinwasDave’sguest.ShelivesinSausalitoandisplanningtomovetoTiburon.

Mark Jansheskiintroducedhisguest,DerrickCasey,

fromFolsom,whoisinterestedindoingsomebuildinginthisareaandwouldliketomakethishishome.

SpeakerBrookeHalsey’sguestswerehissonBrennenHalseyandLaurelDoyle.BothareinternswiththeTiburonSalmonInstitute.

ANNOUNCEMENTS•Barbara Bruns BlakeannouncedthatJoe Lavigneis

recoveringathomeafterhavingalong-awaitedcochlearimplant.Shepassedaroundacard.

•Barbara alsoaskedustosignacardwithourcondolencesforJoe’s CorintianIsland neighborAnneKasanin,wholosthersonMarcinthesailingaccident.

•Charlie Oewelaskedustorespondtoasurvey,whichaskswhatwewanttoseeontheclub’swebsite.

•“We’llhavetopayupnowforlosingthebloodmatch,”saidCharlie Oewel.OurclubwillhostapicnicfortheMillValleyclubandtheBoyScoutswhohelpedwiththeblooddriveonSaturday,May19.Markyourcalendarsforsomefunandfellowship.

•Dave Albert reportedthatRotaryatWorkDaywillbeSaturday,April28,10a.m.to1p.m.Ourfirstchoiceforaprojectis“spiffingup”thelandscapingaroundtheRailroad-FerryDepotMuseumandremovingdandelionsfromthegrassnearby.Ifwehavetimeandenoughvolunteers,wewillalsoremovebroomfromthetown’sopenspace.Toolswillbeprovided.Volunteersshouldhavetheirownglovesandbringgoodhumor.Theworkatthemuseumwon’tbestrenuous;broombustingwillbemoreso.

“Theseworkdaysarealotoffun,”saidPresident Barbara. “It’sagreatopportunitytowearyourRotaryshirts.”

George Landau notedthatthedandelionistheUniversityofRochester’sflower,andit’sedible.

•Don NewhousepassedaroundasheetaskingpeopletosignupfortheInteractdinnerattheBransonSchoolonSunday,May6.IttakesplaceofourregularWednesdaymeetingandisafundraiserforPolioPlus.

BEL AIRE-ROTARY PARTNERSHIPDon Newhouse andCharlie Oewel reportedonour

club’spartnershipwithBelAireSchool.“We’refinallyuptophasetwo.It’sreallyexciting,”Charliesaid.Lastyear,he

andDonstartedworkingwiththeteachersonaliteracyprojectforthisschoolyear.TheyhaddifficultyfindingaRotaryclubtoworkwith,butRichCasey,oftheLosAltosRotaryClub,whoappearedatanassemblyatBelAire,hadbeentotheElizabethSeleMulbahInstituteinMonroviaandwasabletohelp.Hearrangedaphonecallwiththetwoschools,andeverythingcametogether.

Theprojectincludes75fifthgradersintheclassesofCarinRhodes,AbbyO’LearyandDavidSawyer.“Wehaveabigplatoonoffifthgradersworkingonthisproject,”Charlieobserved.SchoollibrarianDianeDarrow,techspecialistLoriMustilleandprincipalPattiPurcellalsoareinvolved.

HeaddedthatthestudentsmadeapresentationtotheschoolboardonTuesday.“Iwastotallyblownawaybyhowwellpreparedthesekidswere,”hesaid.

Theprojectrecentlytookanunexpectedturnwhenteachersfromthetwoschoolsspokeonthetelephonetoexchangeinformation.TheBelAireteachersdiscoveredthatLiberianteachersneedmostiseasieraccesstowater.Theclosestsourceisfourmilesaway,andthewomenhavetocarryitin40-poundjugs.

AftertheBelAirestudentslearnedabouttheneedfromtheirteachers,theytoldtheirparents,whoalsowantedtohelp.“Thisstartedawholethingthatwentviralinourcommunity,”saidCharlie.TheresultisawaterprojectcalledDigDeep.

BelAirehasthreeeventscomingupinMay:InternationalNight,whichwillfeatureLiberiandancersandfocusonthecultureofLiberia;InternationalSpiritDay;andawalk-a-thon.Inaddition,awishingwellisbeingcraftedinthefifthgradegarden,andstudentswillsellwristbands.

“Warm-heartedpeoplehavealreadycontributedthefunds,”saidCharlie,whoreportedthatBelAiregaveachecktoRotary,andthemoneyforawellhasalreadygonetoLiberia.

GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMESMarianne Strotz isgratefulthatshehadasafetripand

isbackin“beautifulTiburon.”Shemadeadonationforhergrandson’sPaulHarris.…Noch Callawaywasrecentlyinthehospitalandsaidthatthebadnewsisthatthey’restartingtocallhimbyhisfirstnameintheemergencyroom.Hewasgladtobeback.

DRAWINGMark Jansheski hadthewinningnumber,butmissed

outonthegoldwhenhechoseawhitemarble.

THE MAIN EVENT BrookeHalseyoftheTiburonSalmonInstitutespoke

tousseveralyearsagoandwasbacktogiveusanupdateontheinstitute,whichisnotedforraisingandreleasingsalmon.Brookehadtwointernswithhim,LaurelDoyle,

aneighthgraderatDelMarMiddleSchool,andhisson,BrennenHalsey,whoisinseventhgradeatDelMar.“We’reabouthands-onchildrendoingwork,”hesaid.

BrookewasadeputydistrictattorneyinSonomaCountyforseveralyearsandprosecutedconservationcasessuchasabalonepoaching,aswellascrimeslikemurder.In2006,helefttostarttheTiburonSalmonInstitute(TSI),whichdoesresearchaswellasraisingandreleasingsalmon.

ItsnewestprojectisamobileaquariuminpartnershipwiththeCaliforniaAcademyofSciences.TheBelvedereCommunityFoundationcontributed$5,000,andtheGratefulDead’sRexFoundationmatcheditin2011.Theinstitutenowhasalltheequipmenttosetupafull-scaleaquariumandatrailertotakeittoschoolsallaroundthebayarea,butitstillneedsatrucktopullthetrailer.

SalmonsignshavebeenappearingalongthesidesofTiburonBoulevardtoannouncethisyear’sKissandRelease,whichwilltakeplaceonSaturday,May5,10a.m.to2p.m.atBlackie’sPasture.“Oursalmonsignsarepoppingupinmoreandmoreplaces,”saidBrooke,explainingthattheinstituteisexpandingtoMillValleyinresponsetotheinterestthatpeoplethereexpressedafterseeingsignsatMillValleyCityHalllastyear.

Salmon HighwayProgramsthatinvolvekidsareanimportantpart

ofTSI’swork.StudentsatCasaGrandeHighSchoolinPetalumaraisethesalmon.Thenattheannual“KissandRelease,”theygiveyoungerchildrenbucketscontainingfish,sotheycanreleasesalmonintoRichardsonBayafterablessingceremony.

“Tiburonisonthesalmonhighway,”saidBrooke.“Weusedtohaveoneofthebiggestsalmonrunsonthewestcoast.”Thesizeoftherunwasindeclineforthreeyears,butisstartingtorecover.ChildrencaughtthreelastyearinTiburon.

AllriversleadtoSanFranciscoBay,andallfishswimpastTiburon,heexplained.Heshowedaphotoofan85-pounddeadfishthathadpassedTiburonandsaid,“Wecanstillgetthesekindsoffishupourrivers.”

Inanewerprogram,hehasstartedputtingtroutinclassroomsatReedSchool.StudentsreleasetheminLagunitasCreekandlearnallaboutfishandhabitat.TroutUnlimitedhas60classesinMarinwhoareraisingfish,andtheprogramhasexpandedtoSanFrancisco.Studentslearnabouttheenvironmentandwhatfishneedtosurvive.“Theyjustlovelittlefish,”saidBrooke.

Kids’ RoleTheTiburonSalmonInstituteandstudentsraise

salmonfryinpensthatare16feetby24feetand20feetdeep.Althoughthey’vehadtwopensinthepast,theyonlyhaveonethisyear.Forsomeunknownreason,somebodywentintotheRombergCenterandcutthenetsaweekbeforestudentswerescheduledtoreleasethefish.

THE FOUR-WAY TESTof things we think, say and do

Isitthetruth?Isitfairtoallconcerned?

Willitbuildgoodwillandbetterfriendships?Willitbebeneficialtoallconcerned?

CLUB NEWS ONLINEToseeRotarynewsonline,gotowww.telli.com/

rotary.Sendyournewstojudith@telli.comforbothThe Rotide andpostingonline.

MEETINGS AT THE TPC IN APRILOur meeting on Wednesday, April 25, will take place

at the Tiburon Peninsula Club, 1600 Mar West Street, Tiburon. The following week, Wednesday, May 2, we will meet at Servino Ristorante.

ROTARY AT WORK DAYMarkyourcalendarforSaturday,April28,10a.m.to1p.m.,forRotaryatWorkDay.We’llbesprucingupthelandscapingattheRailroad-FerryDepotMuseumandpullingoutdandelionsatShorelineParkandhopeyou’llbeonhandtohelp.

LaurelDoylesaidthatthevandalismtookawaytheopportunityforkidsandparentstolearnaboutsalmon.“Idon’tunderstandwhy,”shesaid.

“Itwasreallyacrimeagainstthekids....Wedon’tknowwho’soutthereandwhythey’redoingit,”saidBrooke.“Itwasreallyablowtoourprogram.Thekidsaretheoneswhoarehurtmost.”

Thetrout,however,aredoingwell.BrookedescribedatroutatRombergthatweighsthreepoundsandsaid,“Itateamousetheotherday.”

BrennansaidthatafewotheranimalsareattheRombergCenter,includingasnakeandalizard.HewasbikingwithafriendwhospottedaCaliforniaKingSnake,whichisimmunetorattlesnakevenom.Hewassurprisedbecauseit’sunusualtoseeone,buthecaughtitandputitintoabox.Nowit’slivinginaterrariumattheRombergCenter.Brookerecentlyputanalligatorlizardintheterrarium,andthesnakeateit.“Itwasreallycool,”saidBrennen.

“It’samazingtoseewhatthekidsaredoingdownthere,”saidBrooke.

Aftergraduatingfromcollege,AndrewWolf,ofTiburon,becameinvolvedwithTSI.HegotajobatMarinMuncipalWaterDistrictandsurveyedallthestreamsforsalmon.“Itwasanamazingexperienceforhim,”saidBrooke.

Lastyear,TSIdidschoolassemblies,butschoolscan’taffordthemanymore.Brookeobservedthatopportunitiesforscienceinschoolarefewerindifficulttimes.

ChallengesWhenaskedwhatthebiggestchallengeisforsalmon,

Brookerepliedthatitiswaterhabitat.California’ssystemofwaterdiversiondamagestheenvironment,andpesticidesandconditionsthatleadtowarmwateralsocauseadverseconditions.Naturalconditionsplayaroleaswell.“Wedidn’thaveournormalweatherpatterns,”saidBrooke.

Conditionsareimproving,however.Afewyearsago,only5percentofthesalmongotoutoftheGoldenGate,andthenumberhasincreased.

Hesaidthattheinstituteneedsallkindsofvolunteersandsuggestedthatwevisitwww.tiburonsalmoninstitute.orgtolearnmoreabouttheinstituteanditswork.

“Ithinkyouguysareawesome.Thankyousomuchforwhatyou’redoing,”saidBarbara Bruns Blake, whospokeaboutwaterissuesandtheimportanceoftheinstitute’swork.

OFFICERS & DIRECTORS – BOARDPresident BarbaraNewhouse 306-2923 BRNewhouse@aol.comPresident-Elect CharlieOewel 377-7262 coewel@gmail.comSecretary LisaGrant 800-805-7104 lisa@livingwellalath.comTreasurer JaneWatts 381-1507 wattsbulb@comcast.netVicePresident HankBruce 435-9188 hank@hankbrucearchitects.comMembership JoeLavigne 435-5245 jblavigne@msn.comMembership JustinKurland 297-1200 jkurland@ci.tiburon.ca.usClubServices DaveAlbert 948-6131 kawika90@me.comClubServices BobZimmerman 889-5098 bobzim@mac.comProgram#1 LataSetty 889-5478 lata.setty@unitedlex.comProgram#2 PaulWichman 755-7513 paulwichman@brightstarcare.comEvents MarianneStrotz 435-3800 properties@pacbell.netVocation/Education CharlieOewel 789-0497 coewel@gmail.comYouthEducation DonNewhouse 328-5913 dnewhouse42@gmail.comCommunityService DaveHutton 789-2828 dhutton@ci.tiburon.ca.usInternationalService DonNewhouse 328-5913 dnewhouse42@gmail.comRotaryFoundation#1 GeorgeLandau 435-7051 george@georgelandau.comRotaryFoundation#2 DeanPopplewell 672-3434 edeanpop@aol.comFundraising NorineSmith 497-9955 norinesmith@hotmail.comPublicRelations/Rotide JudyWilson 435-0305 judith@telli.comClubFoundation BillLindqvist 789-0703 william_lindqvist@yahoo.com

COMMITTEES– NON-BOARDDevelopment/Donors JeffAllen 435-7015 jeff@mintowilkie.comPhotographer MarshallGross 789-9182 marshall@thejewelcaseinc.comWebmaster TBDSunshine BarbaraB.Blake 435-4901 barbarabrunsblake@gmail.comHistorian BranFanning 789-5519 branlyn@comcast.net

CELEBRATIONSMay3 MichaelKeran SpouseBirthdayMay7 DeanPopplewell AnniversaryMay10 GriffMarshall BirthdayMay17 BarbaraNewhouse BirthdayMay23 LisaGrant BirthdayMay30 BillLindqvist Birthday

MAKE UP A MEETINGMonday

12:15p.m. SanRafael:Sheraton4Points, 1010NorthgateDrive,SanRafael12:15p.m. CentralMarin:LeftBankRestaurant, 507MagnoliaAvenue,Larkspur

Tuesday7:15a.m. NovatoSunrise:Moylan’sBrewery, VintageOaks,Novato8a.m. SanRafaelHarbor:WhistlestopWheels, 930Tamalpais,SanRafael12:15p.m. MillValley:GolfCourseClubhouse, 280BuenaVistaAvenue,MillValley12:15p.m. TerraLinda:4PointsSheraton 1010NorthgateDrive,SanRafael6:30p.m. MarinEvening:TheClub,McInnisPark, 300SmithRanchRoad,SanRafael

Wednesday7:15a.m. MarinSunrise:CorteMaderaInn, Hwy.101atMadera,CorteMadera8a.m. WestMarin:U.S.MarineCoastGuard Station,CommodoreWebsterDrive, PointReyesStation12:15p.m. RossValley,DeerParkVilla, 367BolinasRoad,Fairfax

Thursday12:15p.m. Ignacio:InnMarin,250EntradaDrive, Ignacio12:15p.m. MissionSanRafael:SanRafaelJoe’s, 9314thStreet,SanRafael12:15p.m. Sausalito:SausalitoYachtClub, FootofElPortal,Sausalito6:30p.m. TiburonSunset:SanFranciscoYacht Club,98BeachRoad,Belvedere

Friday12:15p.m. Novato:M.ToddSeniorCenter, 1560HillRoad,Novato

LOOKING FORWARDApril 25 Shawn Marshall, Co-founder and Executive Director of Lean Energy US

April 28 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Rotary at Work Day

May 2 Lee Domanico, CEO, Marin Healthcare District

May 6 Sunday, Interact Dinner at Branson