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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/
[email protected] 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 [email protected] CharlieOewel 377-7262 [email protected] LisaGrant 800-805-7104 [email protected] JaneWatts 381-1507 [email protected] HankBruce 435-9188 [email protected] JoeLavigne 435-5245 [email protected] JustinKurland 297-1200 [email protected] DaveAlbert 948-6131 [email protected] BobZimmerman 889-5098 [email protected]#1 LataSetty 889-5478 [email protected]#2 PaulWichman 755-7513 [email protected] MarianneStrotz 435-3800 [email protected]/Education CharlieOewel 789-0497 [email protected] DonNewhouse 328-5913 [email protected] DaveHutton 789-2828 [email protected] DonNewhouse 328-5913 [email protected]#1 GeorgeLandau 435-7051 [email protected]#2 DeanPopplewell 672-3434 [email protected] NorineSmith 497-9955 [email protected]/Rotide JudyWilson 435-0305 [email protected] BillLindqvist 789-0703 [email protected]
COMMITTEES– NON-BOARDDevelopment/Donors JeffAllen 435-7015 [email protected] MarshallGross 789-9182 [email protected] TBDSunshine BarbaraB.Blake 435-4901 [email protected] BranFanning 789-5519 [email protected]
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