“Chips” from the Buzzsaw

The Weekly Newsletter of the

Rotary Club of West Sacramento

Volume 69, Issue #13

October 6, 2017

September Meeting Schedule and Speakers

October 6 Paul Kolarik

Spain

October 13 Amore Mexico

October 20

An “October Surprise”

WSRC #69 ** Dice Tournament October 24th ** WSRC#69

The Rotary Club of West

Sacramento

Club 558

District 5180

P. O. Box 288

West Sacramento, CA 95691

We meet every Friday at 12:15

Club Pheasant

Jefferson & Lake Washington

West Sacramento, CA

September 8, 2017—Meeting Summary

Presiding: Jim Cahill

Pledge: Barry Kaler

Prayer/Thought: Yoga Jim Cahill

Song Leader: Dick Marshall (America The Beautiful)

Door Prize/Raffle Valued at: $250: Ellen Kolarik pulled the 8 of Spades

Our Program: El Camino de Santiago

Member Paul Kolarik served as our guide along the historic Camino de Santi-

ago in Spain. Paul trekked the Camino along with his wife Ellen and their

daughter, who joined them to serve as a “porter” for 5 days and 60 miles of their

approximately 700 mile journey.

The Camino is also known as the “Way

of Saint James” is a network of pilgrims’

routes to the shrine of the apostle Saint

James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago

de Compostela in northwestern Spain.

Legend has it that the bones of St. James

were discovered in Santiago in 1492, and

the founding of a cathedral based on the site

of holy relics served as a rallying point in

the Catholic reconquest of Moorish Spain.

Paul’s lively photo presentation was augmented with some color commentary

from Past President Mark Engstrom, who only recently returned from a simi-

lar, albeit “five star”, Camino experience. Word has it that Member Lee Harris

also has some Camino—trekking stories to share. Dueling slide shows in

store???

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Leadership Team

Executive Committee:

President

*Jim Cahill

Past President *Bill Bevier

President Elect *Troy Francis Bird

Treasurer *Chris Bradford

Secretary *Peter Anderson

*Board Member

______________________

Officers & Avenues of Service:

Membership Tim Kwong

Interact/

Youth Services Lee Harris

Club Service

Shaun Morrow

Community Service Dan Ramos

International Service

Steve Lewis

Vocational Service Drew Gidlof

The Rotary Foundation Barry Kalar

Sergeant - at - Arms

Marty Garazzo

Photographer David Kamminga

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Birthdays: Don Clark October 5 Bob Collins October 12 Jerimiah Smith October 13 Ed Rounthwaite October 14 Kent Ramos October 24 Wayne Enke October27

Anniversaries Heine Roikjer October 3 Bill Bevier October 5 Mark Roberts October 14

Ellen Kolarik removes the 5th card from the

deck, not the Joker, but the 8 of Spades. Ellen

wins a Free Lunch! The pot remains $250

Half to the Club and Half to the Winner!

About this football pool… We’re

almost to the halfway point in the season, so

it’s time to offer a “spiff”, to sweeten the pot,

so to speak. We’ll be awarding $25 to who-

ever has the most total correct picks for the

first half, and $50 to whoever has the most

correct for the second half. So, if you’re not

already in, here’s another reason to join in the

fun. Not only are you helping to support the

Club, you get to pit your wits against some

genuine football … locals. So, join in the fun

and fill out a pool. We take emails and

IOUS, so you really can’t miss the chance!

It’s a 3 Way

TIE!!

Anderson

Bradford

Belenis

(defying the odds)

(at left) Kevin Bald-

win and Dustin

Dumars discuss what

it’s like to be young

Rotarians in a 69 year

old Club. These two

Members have done a

lot to bring down the

average age of the

Club, while bringing

up the average level

of cool. It might be

time for a new Club

Officer: Rotary

Wingman…?

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More Fun and Games!

Rotarians rose to the challenge

once again, this time as we played

“What do you “love” about your

job. As before, the question pro-

voked some interesting responses,

although none of the contestants

went so far as to actually really say

just what their job is ...

(top left) Heine Roijker explains

the main benefit of his job is the

fact that they actually pay him …

somewhat regularly. If you doubt

him, just check out his new motor-

cycle, complete with a sidecar!

(top right) Kevin Baldwin de-

scribes the complete lack of bound-

aries that come along with working

at home and being his own boss.

(middle left) Jeff Post extolls the

virtues of whatever it is he does, for

a living, and manages to use the

word “nebulous” correctly. Word-

A-Day calendars are so usefuli-

tarian.

(lower left) Visiting Rotarian An-

gela Spease serves as our Human

Applause Meter, while Heine tries

to influence the outcome.

Membership Chair Tim Kwong

awards red badge holder Dustin

Dumars an important and official

looking Rotary Certificate.

Have you hugged a tree today??

Past President Ken Wilson wants

to talk to you about trees. Ken,

who has always been a bit of a tree-

hugger, is the District coordinator

for the RI President’s goal of one

tree planted for every Rotarian.

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2017-2018 Rotary International President

Ian Riseley

2017-2018 Rotary District 5180 Governor

Sandi Sava

2017-2018 Rotary District 5180 Assistant Governor

JR Springer

District 5180 Rotary Clubs Meeting Times and Locations So You Can Make Up Each Week

Day Who When Where Who When Where

Mon Foothill Highlands 12:15pm Lions Gate Restaurant Walnut Grove 12:30pm Tony’s Place

Sacramento 12:15pm Red Lion Hotel –Woodlake Fair Oaks 6:45pm Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse

Tues

Oroville Sunrise 7:00am The Monday Club Oroville Noon The Monday Club

Rancho Cordova Sunrise 7:00am Cordova Casino Marysville 12:15pm Peachtree Country Club

Sutter Buttes Sunrise 7:00am The Plaza Room at Hillcrest Rancho Cordova 12:15pm Rancho Cordova City Hall

West Sacramento Centennial 7:00am Collins Teen Center Looms Sunset 5:30pm Indian Creek Country Club

Sacramento Breakfast 7:15am Evans Kitchen Carmichael 6:30pm Ancil Hoffman Golf Course

Arden Arcade Noon Ruth Cris Steak House - Pavilions

Wed

Rocklin/Loomis Basin 7:00am Whitney Oaks Golf Club South Placer Noon Whitney Oaks Golf Club

El Dorado Hills 7:15am Community Service Building Citrus Heights 12:15pm Citrus Heights Community Center

Laguna Sunrise 8:00am Valley Hi Country Club North Sacramento 12:15pm Doubletree Hotel

East Sacramento Noon Evan’s Kitchen Yuba City 12:15 Hillcrest Plaza Room

Elk Grove 12:15pm Vince’s Restaurant Midtown Sacramento 5:30pm Café Bernardo

Folsom Lake (Folsom) Noon Empire Ranch Golf Club Rancho Murieta 7:00pm Rancho Murieta Country Club

Thu

Historic Folsom 7:00am Lake Natoma Inn Lincoln Noon Lincoln Women’s Club

Roseville Sunrise 7:00am Gingers Restaurant Roseville Noon Sierra View Country Club

Yuba Feather River Sunrise 7:00am Gary’s Place South Sacramento Noon Iron Steaks Restaurant

Pocket-Greenhaven 7:30am Aviators Restaurant Folsom 7:00pm Rotary Clubhouse-Lew Howard Park

Gridley Noon Parish Hall

Fri Orangevale 7:00am La Placita Restaurant Natomas 7:15am Hampton Inn, North Natomas

Point West-Sacramento 7:00am Doubletree Hotel Granite Bay 12:15pm McCormick & Schmick’s Restaurant

(top left) Kathleen

O’Leary, our “Sunshine

Chair” announced that

her son, sponsored by

the Sacramento Rotary

Club, was riding in this

week’s “Sacramento

Century”.

(bottom left) The Club

sang a hearty “Happy

Birthday” to Don Clark,

who was relieved to

learn that he was, in

fact, fine-free for the

entire day.

(bottom right) Past Pres-

ident/world traveler Len

Strickland had a bell-

ringer that just couldn’t

wait. Len will tell us

more about the “-stans”

in a future meeting.

Past Assistant Governor

Angela Spease came to

visit, bringing with her a

request that we Rotarians

volunteer, contribute, spon-

sor or RUN in the “Hope

for Hearing Halloween

Run”.

The Run is scheduled for

Saturday, October 28 at 8

a.m. in Land Park. Cos-

tumes are encouraged!

More info at H4Hrun.org

We’ll have a

“fine time” on

October 20th

when “Jacklyn

2.0” arrives.

Bring your con-

fessions and

your checks!