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Today’s meeting was a fine blend of humor and virtue.

Humor came first. Did you know that Bill McIntyre invented the Internet, and DeWana Ljung is a man? By club acclamation, these two little known facts were found to be true. The club’s third fact of the day: J. R. Corcoran would like to be dating John Koogle. A bridge spanning the East River in NYC is also for sale. Mercifully, virtue followed

in the form of our speaker, Ken Cross, the executor director of Sacramento’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity. After West Point, a military career, and a finance career, Ken has led our local Habitat chapter for the last eight years. We (and it is we, given Sacramento’s generosity with its time and money) have built and then sold over eighty homes

Just Last Week By Rich Fathy

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Rotary Club of Point West

Founded, April 1985

Aug 5 Lynette Anderson, Rotary House

Aug 12 Bill Herenda, Positive Coach

Aug 19 Joan Burke

Aug 26 Doris Frasier, Mercy Hospital

Sep 2 TBA

Sep 9 Judge David Abbott

Sep 16 Brewfest

Sep 17 17th Annual Brewfest

Sep 23 TBA

Sep 30 TBA

Oct 7 Jan Scully, District Attorney

Oct 14 Jason Ramos, Sac. Sheriff’s Dept.

Meetings, Speakers & Coming Events

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locally and one hundred fifty homes abroad. Each family must pay in full for their home, and must pay for the entirety of the land and construction costs with a fixed interest, thirty-year loan. Given the family’s modest financial circumstances, the purchase is feasible because the down payment is met by the family’s five hundred hours of volunteer labor, and the thirty year loan is at zero

interest. Habitat both oversees the construction, and then carries the loan (i.e., it does not sell the paper). Impressively, not one family has defaulted in the local chapter’s twenty-five year history. Now there is virtue, unblemished by lowbrow humor.

And to all a good night.

The District 5180 Summer Social is being held at Chevys on the river, 1369 Garden Highway, Sacramento on August 10 at 6:00 pm. It is intended for new members of Rotary International, but all Rotarians are welcome to attend. The cost is $15 and you will be treated to

delicious food and learn all about Rotary including New Generations, International Service, Community Service, and Strategic plans. To RSVP, please contact rotaryglenn@hotmail.com.

So we don’t lose again to the downtown club sign-up for the blood drive next Friday, August 5th. Contact Lou at louisfifer@yahoo.com. We need 24 and we have only 7 so far.

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5180 District Governor

Wise Presidential Words

President, Jennifer Curtsinger; Secretary, Doug Weill; Treasurer, Drew Houghton; Administrative Assistant, George Daniels, Past President,

Gary Hardesty, President-elect, Mike Centro

Rotary Club of Point West – 2011-2012 Board of Directors

Club Service I Don Levin Club Service II Trish Harrington Community Service I Greg Garcia Community Service II Toney Sebra International Service Desiree Wilson Publicity/Membership Lori Curry Vocational Service I Jamie Nelson Vocational Service II Cori Badgley Sergeant at Arms John Koogle, Karl Forste, Justin McWilliams and Bill McIntyre

Directors

Visit our website for more information

http://pointwest.clubwizard.com

Governor Jack Taylor’s newsletter is available at rotary5180.net/my rotary

Host the October Annual

Cocktail Party!!

Help out and volunteer to host the annual cocktail party please contact Jack Kasper at kasperranch@netscape.net.

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2nd Annual District Golf by Clarence Parkins District Foundation Chair, 2009-2012

Last year Rotary District 5180 and Save Mart Supermarkets teamed up to sponsor a golf tournament to raise funds to renovate the Camp Fire Girls Camp Site at River Bend Park. This campsite was used for years for many youth organizations in our area to expose our youth to a safe enviorament to experience outdoor camping. However, due to budget restraints over the last ten years the camp has been allowed to go to disrepair, and as a result is no longer useable to our youth. Last year we raised $57,000 with our first tournament held in October at Rancho Murrieta Country Club. Along with the tournament we had a tournament within the tournament we named

the Governor's Cup for a competition between the clubs in our district. We had ten clubs enter the Governor's Cup last year with North Sacramento Rotary winning the Governor's Cup. They will be back to defend the Cup this year. We hope to have at least twenty clubs competing to win the Cup this year, and all the bragging rights that go with it. This year’s tournament will again be held at the Rancho Murrieta Country Club on September 23, 2011. In addition to players from each club, and a entry in the Governor’s Cup, we would like for each club to become

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New Member Application Bud Ackerman

and Dave Garese are proposing Joe Verandes as a new member for Point West Rotary. Joe and his wife Michelle have been married for ten years and have two children, Anthony and Gavin. He is a Vice President/Branch

Manager with American River Bank. He enjoys most outside sports and activities especially coaching his son’s sports teams. His proposed classification would be Business

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a tournament sponsor and purchase a tee sign so your club will be recognized during the tournament. Attached is a tournament entry form and a tournament sponsor form. The forms will also be on the district website www.rotary5180.org. Also, a member of the district golf committee would like to visit your club, show a short video about the park project, and promote the tournament to your members. We do not want to be your program for the day, but just make a short announcement during your meeting. We will phone you prior to our visit to get your okay to visit. We would also appreciate publicity for the tournament in your club newsletter each week prior to the tournament. This tournament represents a

major effort by our district and district clubs to make a real difference in our community

by renovating this campsite for our youth. As a part of our

commitment we plan to have a number of workdays at the park so your members can

participate, and see first hand this project as it develops. In Save Mart Supermarkets we have an outstanding partner who will be with us for the

completion of this project. We know we can count on each of you to support this important

Rotary project. If I can answer any questions, please let me know. You can contact me by

email at c.parkins@comcast.net.

RETIRED HUSBAND (I didn't know they

were watching!) After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women – she loves to browse.

Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Target: Dear Mrs. Harris,

Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our Store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban both of you from the store.

Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Harris, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras: 1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking. 2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals. 3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom. 4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice,

'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor. That in turn resulted with a union

grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money. 5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on Layaway. 6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area. 7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets

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from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged. 8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called. 9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose. 10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were. 11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the 'Mission Impossible' theme. 12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels. 13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!' 14. October 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'

And last, but not least: 15. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.

New Member Application

Desiree Wilson and Dave Abbott are proposing Karolina Maluga as a new member to Point West Rotary. This Polish born gal is married to Xavier Nazario. She has a bachelor of arts, and masters in business administration and a doctorate of education degree that is pending. She is the

Development Manager with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento. She likes to ride horses, hike, travel and read,

especially on the beach in Puerto Rico with her family. If you haven’t met her yet introduce yourself and get to know her.

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Newsletter articles or

announcements are

accepted at any time. For

short articles or

announcements, copies are

okay, if they are longer,

electronic versions are required.

The Object of Rotary

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the

ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in

particular, to encourage and foster:

FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an

opportunity for service;

SECOND: High ethical standards in business and

professions, the recognition of the

worthiness of all useful occupations, and the

dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as

an opportunity to serve society;

THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in

each Rotarian’s personal, business, and

community life;

FOURTH: The advancement of international

understanding, goodwill, and peace

through a world fellowship of business and

professional persons united in ideals of

service.

THE FOURWAY TEST

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all?

Missed a Meeting?

Here are some of the nearby clubs. A complete list is

at www.rotary5180.org/clubmeetinglocations or if you

can’t make it to a meeting in person, make up on-line

at www.rotaryclub.org to experience e-Club.

MONDAY 11:30 am – South Sacramento – Casa Garden Restaurant 12:00 pm - Sacramento – Radisson Hotel 7:00 pm - Fair Oaks – F. O. Comm. Clubhouse

TUESDAY 7:00 am - Sacramento Breakfast – Gonul’s J Street Café’ 12:00 pm - Arden Arcade – Community Service

Center Marconi Sheriff’s Substation 6:30 pm - Carmichael – Café’ Capri Restaurant

WEDNESDAY 7:00 am - Rocklin Loomis Basin – Whitney Oaks Golf Club 12:15 pm North Sacramento – Double Tree Hotel 5:30 pm Midtown Sacramento – Café’ Bernardo

THURSDAY 7:00 am Roseville Sunrise – Carrows Restaurant 12:00 pm East Sacramento – Salvation Army 7:00 pm Folsom – Rotary Clubhouse at Lew Howard Park

FRIDAY 7:15 am Natomas – Hamilton Inn and Suites 12:15 pm Granite Bay – Piati’s Restaurant 2:15 pm West Sacramento – Pheasant Club

Rotary International

President, Kalyan

Banerjee

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