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February 28,
2019
With
a deft tap of his gavel President
Michael opened the final February meeting of the
Petaluma Rotary Club.
Chris Ranney led us in
the Pledge of Allegiance (did you know that this is the fifth version of
the 1892 Pledge of Allegiance? Click to learn more.)
Brandon Trammell led a
spirited version of the Club Song.
Mireille Broussard chose the
National Anthem for our patriotic song and — while it wasn’t exactly a
beautiful rendition — we did finish the first verse.
President
Elect Nominee Anne
Gealta gave her Thought for the Day which gave new
meaning to walking a mile in someone else’s shoes.
Charlie Stuart introduced
visiting Rotarians from Petaluma Valley (Jim Hurley) and Hilo, Hawaii
(our own Jim Becker). Three Rotarians introduced guests: Chad Fillinger,
his daughter; Royce
Van Bebber, his two sons, and Onita Pellegrini
introduced Michael Avery from the local Merrill Lynch office.
February
might be the shortest month but it has lots of birthdays: Lee Reposa, Kathy O’Connor,
Roy Musick, Raine Howe, Al Cattalini, Wally Bragdon, Chris Elzi, Brian
Breen and Whit
Hall. We sang Happy
Birthday to the honorees and enjoyed birthday cake baked by
President
Michael and frosted by Secretary Gail. We also
noted the 39th anniversary of Charlie and
April Stuart
and the 37th of Joanne
and Mike Ferris.
Chris Ranney reported on
the recent Crab Feed (550 attendees, 14,000 net proceeds for the Club)
and thanked the many members (and others) who contributed to its
success. Your editor can’t write fast enough so you’ll be denied
as listing of the dozens and dozens of names. Thanks to
all! And a special thanks to co-chair Michael Caruana
who was out of town today.
President Michael recognized
all the good work by presenting Chris
with the Rotarian of the Month Award. Well deserved, Chris!
Rick Gorman reported on
another successful year for the Super Raffle which he co-chaired with Brian Breen, Elias Husary,
and Lee Reposa.
Thanks to hard work by team captains and individual ticket sellers we
sold 1,611 tickets and netted some $32,000 for Club projects.
Special recognition to members of the 60+ Club who sold 60 or more
tickets: Elias
Husary (62), Kip
Herzog (81), Rick
Gorman (83), Royce
Van Bebber (93), Sheri
Ranney (95) and Tom
Baker (198). Team standings: Third Place, Tom Baker
(198); Second Place, Royce
Van Bebber (229); First Place, Chris Ranney,
(298).
All
this good work did not go unnoticed and unrecognized. Rick was also
named Rotarian of the Month!
Workers
are needed this weekend for the Salvation Army kitchen renovation
project (Saturday 8-4, Sunday 1-4). Drywall skills are
particularly appreciated, but everyone can help, there’s lots to
do. Contact Greg
O’Brien for more information.
We
also are looking for volunteers to serve as panelist for the SRJC
Puente career mentorship program (Thursday, March 7, 6:30-8:00pm;
Saturday, April 6, 10:00am-noon.) Check with President Michael
for more information.
Next
week’s meeting will start 15 minutes early (at 12:15pm) to provide for
attendance at the kickoff meeting for a cooperative effort to support
ending domestic violence in Sonoma County. Our Club is partnering
with PPSC and the YWCA in this important project.
If
you are not totally volunteered out by now, you can help plant 3,000
trees on Saturday, March 23 in Middletown. This is Part Deux of
the Rotary Reforestation project.
Mark
your calendar for the District 5130 Training Assembly, Saturday, April
6 at the Finley Center in Santa Rosa.
And
while you have your calendar out, mark Friday, March 8 (5pm) for a
Rotary After Hours Social at La Dolce Vita wine lounge, 151 Petaluma
Blvd., South.
Stewardship
time: Gail
Cardaropoli was delighted to contribute $100 to
celebrate her trip to Guatemala exploring Rotary service opportunities
and her grandson who is in Phoenix participating in spring training
with the Milwaukee Brewers.
This
photo of Brandon
Trammell dancing with his daughter cost him $60.
Steve Powell was so
appreciative of Sherry
Burwen’s work to provide an elaborate dining experience
for 50 crab eaters that he contributed $100 toward her next Paul Harris
award.
Elias Husary suggested
that Chad
Fillinger should make an announcement.
And
what an announcement it was! Chad is the proud father of a new
son born last week. Brian
Breen toasted the birth with a $50 contribution.
What ever happened to cigars?
Onita Pellegrini won the
raffle and a nice bottle of wine.
Suzanne Tucker introduced
our speaker.
Petaluma
Police Chief Ken Savano gave an interesting presentation on policing
and on our local police situation.
Don’t
forget — our next meeting starts 15 minutes early!
This
week's Editor: Al Cattalini
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