The Official Publication of the Rotary Club of Davis
Rotary International President: Ron Burton, Oklahoma
District 5160 Governor: Steve Lack
Davis Rotary Club (437) President: Greg Phister, P.O. Box 185, Davis, CA 95617 www.rotaryclubofdavis.com
Monday, Sept 9, 2013
Announcements
August 26, 2013
Rotary Reflections
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it
makes what is excellent in others
belong to us as well” - Voltaire
Weekly Program
Guests of Rotary
Betty and Bill Pearson, friends of Jacque B.
and parents of our guest speaker, Erie, were
our guests.
Sept 9: District Governor Steve Luck
Visiting Rotarians
Sept. 16: The Rev. Bill Habicht,
associate pastor for mission and
outreach at Davis Community
Church, “Planning for Mosaic Tea &
Coffee Shop” and a performance by
several dancers from Jiangan
University.
Chris Jones, the Past President of the
Winter’s Club.
Sept. 23: Dennis Dingemans,
Director. Hattie Weber Museum (with
atour following the meeting).
Sept. 30: Andy Hamel, Director of
R&D, Striker Endoscopy. “The latest
developments in endoscopic
instrumentation”.
Meals on Wheels
If you swap dates, contact Greg Gibbs
at 530-758-6797 or pamandgreg@
sbcglobal.net or Dave Scheiber at
530-758-8440 or dave.scheiber.L224@
statefarm.com
Coordinator: Paul Hart
9/5/13: B. Horsfield & R. Donaldson
9/6/13: D. Schreiber & A. Dowling
Coordinator: Don Kessler
9/12/13: Don Fish & Ron Fisher
9/13/13: Kemble Pope & R. Gambatese
Coordinator: Randy Alston
9/19/13: Steve Young & M. Goodman
9/20/13: Bob Gregoire & John Hamel
Coordinator: Dave Scheiber
9/26/13: Paul Hart and Bruce Hartsough
9/27/13: L Hendricks and B. Hollingshead
Coming Events
Oct. 11: Davis Rotary Golf Tournament;
see Greg Gibbs for information
Oct. 15-24: Rotary’s Polio Immunization
Trip to Togo
Al Stehli, member of the Rotary Club of
Folsom, and past president of our Club
Past President Kay Officiated Today’s
Meeting
Kay made the following announcements:

The District Conference is taking
place soon at Chico. Both Kay and
Judy will be making a presentation
of their travels to Keyna.

Help is needed at the Farmer’s
Market Weds afternoon to assist
Rotaract.
Bill H., along with John Martin of the
Woodland Sunrise Club, will be present at
the “Stroll Through History” Sept. 7th at
Woodland’s Heritage Plaza. The two will be
carrying the Rotary’s pledge to “Polio Plus”
On display will be an iron lung that the two
will any questions regarding its operation.
Andrew D. informed our Club of the Annual
Battery Exchange for smoke detectors Nov
9th.
Greg G. announced the date of the Jim Plum
Memorial Golf Tournament scheduled for
Oct. 11th at Wildhorse Gold Club. And there
will be a dinner at the home of Paul and
Kathleen Hart following golf.
Greg also explained that the most current
driver list for MOW is on our Club’s website.
The paper schedule that was handed out at
our meeting is already “out of date”! Refer to
the website if there are any questions.
Draw of the Day
Nov. 16: Annual Golden Gate Fields
Horse Racing Day; see Kay Resler for
information
No sooner that making the announcement
regarding the smoke alarm battery exchange,
Andrew won the draw for a chance of
picking the “Joker” from a desk of 31 cards.
Congratulation, Michelle D, your husband
pulled the joker and won $855! We think he
owes you that “special dinner”!!
June 1-4, 2014: Rotary International
Convention, Sydney, Australia
Sergeant Bruce Hartsough
Nov. 9: Rotary “Smoke Alarm battery
Exchange
Agrotarian Email
To contact Agrotarian co-editors,
email to [email protected]
Bruce had the privilege of collecting
“Happy Bucks” from Jeff S. for the
privilege of working the sidelines at a
49niner football game where he held a
parabolic microphone for “on the field
noises and voices”.
Bruce also had the privilege of collecting
$20 from the follow individuals for not
coming up with the answers to a form of
Rotary’s Trivial Pursuit (trivia long
forgotten by the contestants); the
contestants were Margorie M., Roger G.,
Paul L., Al S., Bob G., John S., Anand D.,
Sherri R., and Randy A. Total Amount
collected $240.
Erie Vitiello, Executive Director – Davis
Art Center
Our club had the privilege of listening to
Erie, who needed no introduction, although
Bill R. was there to help! Erie was born in
Louisiana and moved to Davis where she
ultimately became and is, the present
Executive Director. She is no stranger to
the arts as noted by her graduate degrees if
Masters in Creative Writing and a second
Masters in Dance.
Under her direction, the DAC mission has
been to provide a gathering place for the
dynamic engagement with the arts through
multidisciplinary classes and programs for
the regional community that inspires
creative expression in people of all ages
and fosters an environment for the arts to
flourish.
The DAC presently offers more than three
hundred classes in multimedia art, music,
martial arts, physical well-being, and a
host to a variety of theatre and musical
performances. Two programs that have
brought a great deal of interest to the
public have been Junk 2Genius and
Discover Art. She emphasized that the
goal of the DAC will always be developing
programs to include the community needs.
Funding is always a concern for the arts,
and avenues of increasing income are a
concern. Recently, the DAC was awarded a
$250,000 grant from the James Irvine
Foundation (by the way, the DAC was
invited to apply). This award was given on
the merit of the smallest community to
receive funding to focus of “community
involvement” in the arts!