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December 28 - DARK (Holidays)
January 5, 2007 - U.S. Coast Guard program at Two Rock (replaces Jan. 4 meeting)
January 11 - Chance Massaro on “Mind Aerobics” – Improving memory & retention
January 18 - Steve Fillinger - Health Insurance
We're sorry! The December 21 Rota-Teller never arrived. But you can see the photos of our meeting that day — our special Holiday Meeting — by clicking here.
This week's Rota-Teller editor: Mike Baddeley.
December 21 - Holiday Jeopardy; the gavel returns (arrive at 11:30 for wine and appetizers!)
December 28 - DARK (Holidays)
January 5, 2007 - U.S. Coast Guard program at Two Rock (replaces Jan. 4 meeting)
January 11 - Chance Massaro on “Mind Aerobics” – Improving memory & retention
January 18 - Steve Fillinger - Health Insurance
PRESIDENT TAWNY (with spoon in hand) attempted to ring the Rotary Bell and call the meeting to order. Oh Where Oh Where can her gavel be? Today’s meeting covered “PDG ARTHUR AGNEW’S LEGACY.”
ANDY KVALHEIM was our song leader for the day and led us in singing America The Beautiful.
PRESIDENT TAWNY then called upon DAN LIBARLE to come forward and give the Thought for The Day. Words cannot describe the Christmas outfit worn by Dan on this special day. It was truly an outfit that portrayed the Holiday Season. Dan’s remarks were short and to the point (Larry Jonas, it can be done!). Dan reminded us to think about the words in “The Rotary Four Way Test,” and how much better the World would be if we all followed these four simple, but meaningful points when dealing with each other in our daily lives.
CHAD HARDCASTLE introduced the visiting Rotarians including PDG Bruce Campbell and members from the Rotary Clubs of Mission San Rafael, Ripon, Richmond, and Petaluma Sunrise.
JOHN DADO introduced Rotarians with guests.
The Agnew, Mahoney, and McDonald families were welcomed as our special guests.
ROBERT MITCHELL and ED FULLERTON introduced their wives Shirley and Carol as their guests for the day.
PRESIDENT TAWNY then gave The Sunshine Report. TED ADKINS is home from the hospital and doing well. DICK WEBER is also home and feeling better. We hope to see both Ted and Dick back at our meetings in the near future and wish them a speedy recovery.
PRESIDENT TAWNY introduced STEVE RUSTAD as “The Rotarian of the Month” and thanked him for the many hours of time he has spent supporting Rotary this year.
Announcements: PRESIDENT TAWNY introduced RALPH SARTORI as our club’s President Elect for the year 2008/2009.
TOM BAKER reminded everyone that tonight was the distribution night for delivering Christmas gifts to many children in the area.
RICK MOSSI reported that The “Super Raffle” tickets were distributed to the team leaders, and that we should all have tickets by now.
WHITNEY HALL reported on several Rotary Educational Programs including Rotarians helping students, the Dictionary Program, and gave a special thanks to Past President LEROY BEAN for his donation to the Book Program.
PRESIDENT TAWNY reminded everyone that Friday, January 5, 2007 was the day we would be meeting at The Coast Guard Station. Also on January 3, 2007 several club members would be traveling to San Jose to meet Rotary’s International President Bill Boyd.
Babies, Babies, Babies: PRESIDENT TAWNY reported that several of our club members recently became Grandfathers. LOU STEINBERG – grandson, JOHN DADO – granddaughter, ED FULLERTON – grandson, and AL CATTALINI was at the hospital awaiting a new grandchild. (Editor’s note: Al’s granddaughter, Maggie, was born during the meeting at 1:08 p.m.) RICH JOHNSON was not present to tell us about his new grandchild. Those Grandfathers present proudly informed us of how special there grandchildren were and gladly made contributions to the Foundation.
PRESIDENT TAWNY then announced that STEVE GAVRILOFF had recently an award given by the Real Estate Industry for exceptional efforts in helping others. Congratulations Steve.
JOHN DADO then gave a report on our club's Rotary Foundation. He reported that the Foundation was started in 1983. The original funding came from a fundraiser and donations in 1983 and totaled $18,000.00. The interest on the balance can only be distributed yearly in the area covered by The High School District. The current fund balance is around $251,000.00 and last year $9.888.00 was distributed. John recognized the Agnew, Mahoney, and McDonald families for their support in getting the Foundation started.
Arthur Agnew then was introduced to make a presentation to the Foundation. Mr. Agnew said that he was making the presentation for his mother, Evelyn, who is PDG Art’s widow. He told of how his father was so proud to be a Rotarian and then announced that the Agnew Family was making a Grant to the Foundation in the amount of $100,000.00. All in attendance gave a standing ovation to the Agnew Family.
JEANNETTE CLARK then presented Evelyn Agnew with a beautiful engraved vase from our club.
PRESIDENT TAWNY then called upon several Past Presidents to say a few words about themselves.
DAN (Christmas Dressed) LIBARLE told of his early years in Petaluma living on Liberty Street until their house burned down and they relocated to Cotati. He was proud to say at that he graduated from PHS and went to Oregon State on a football scholarship. He did well at Oregon playing football but his study habits carried more weight than football and he came home and attended SRJC. He eventually went to San Jose State and graduated with a degree in economics. He married his wife Carol in 1965 and has two daughters who in his exact words “Married Two Jackasses”. After those remarks he chuckled and said really “ I have Two Great Son-In-Laws”. He has six grand children and is thankful to live in Petaluma.
MIKE BADDELEY followed and told of joining the club in 1985. He said Art Agnew was the statesman of Rotary at the time and how Art made an impression on him. He attended Kenilworth Junior High, Graduated from PHS, and went to college at SRJC then UC Davis. Upon graduating from Davis he was informed that it might be best for society if he stayed out of the workforce and went to Law School. He took the advice, graduated with a Law Degree, opened an office in Petaluma in 1983. He recognized ART LAFRANCHI for guiding him in the early years. He is married to Lisa and they have four children.
MARY ANN SHOEMAKER had the winning raffle ticket and won a bottle of wine.
Next Week's Meeting Will Start At 11:30 a.m.
PRESIDENT TAWNY promises to settle the “GAVELGATE” Issue.
This week's Rota-Teller editor: Ralph Sartori; photos by Geoff Ellis.
December 14 - “Art Agnew’s Legacy” with “Classic Craft Talks”
December 14 - Gift Distribution and Fellowship
December 21 - Holiday Jeopardy; the gavel returns (arrive at 11:30 for wine and appetizers!)
December 28 - DARK (Holidays)
January 5, 2007 - U.S. Coast Guard program at Two Rock (replaces Jan. 4 meeting)
January 11 - Chance Massaro on “Mind Aerobics” – Improving memory & retention
January 18 - Steve Fillinger - Health Insurance
The inclement weather couldn’t hide the bright lights from the Boat Parade in the Petaluma Turning Basin and the festive spirit for the Members Holiday Party.
The holiday cheer was evident upon entry, thanks to the wonderful greeting we received from co-chairs KATHY O'CONNOR and HEIDI KIBBE.
After cocktails and conversation with Rotarians and guests, PRESIDENT TAWNY called the night to order.
STEVE RUSTAD was well prepared for leading us in song. The words were on the table for “Deck the Halls, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Jingle Bells and We Wish You a Merry Christmas”. The group did well with all the verses.
CHAD HARDCASTLE gave a thoughtful invocation.
The highlight of the evening came when JEANNETTE CLARK announced the much anticipated news of the President for the term 2008-2009. It was very quiet for a moment and then JEANNETTE was pleased to announce the name, . . .
. . . RALPH SARTORI. RALPH gave a heartfelt acceptance speech.
His wife, Teresa, was thanked in advance for letting us borrow her husband for a year. We congratulate the Nominating Committee for a wise choice and we congratulate RALPH for accepting the nomination.
The wonderful meals of sirloin, salmon, risotto and chicken with all the trimmings were enjoyed by all. A dinner would not be complete without the infamous Rosen’s cheese cake for dessert.
For those of us who weren’t too full to move, the dance floor was open.
Congratulations to the committee for a job well done. It’s always a challenge to keep the party interesting each year.
The spirit of the season seemed evident by the smiling faces in the crowd as we celebrated the holiday season.
For more holiday party photos, click here.
This week's Rota-Teller editor: Loretta Catarozoli
