Rotary Club of Watsonville Pippin October 15 2008
Mine & Marty 2008 Live Auction Program We would like to give special thanks to Irene Recht and Cynthia Rosenthal from Union Bank for so graciously hosting our event for a fourth year in a row. We would also like to thank Gold's Gym A one year membership at Gold's Gym A Day with the Eiskamp Family Stomping Grapes Join the Eiskamp family for the Rusty Horse Vineyard's Fall Wine grape harvest. Crush a few grapes the high tech way or perhaps you would prefer the old fashioned Italian way with your feet. Whichever you prefer the day will be an adventure with a light breakfast, crushing and sampling of this year's harvest, a buffet lunch with Clark's famous Seafood Gumbo, a bottle of gold award winning vintage 2006 Rusty Horse Reserve Syrah. And just in case this wasn't enough, Georgeann has thrown in another bottle of Rusty Horse wine, a consultation and training session with her personal trainer and an hour at the Shiatsu clinic to work out the kinks from a day of pleasure. Cozy Cabin in the Woods Kirk Di Cicco has generously donated four nights at his two bedroom cabin set in the redwoods of Mi Wuk just above Cocktail Party for 20 with the Nielsens and the Stepovichs Enjoy a relaxing evening in Corralitos. Stan, Judy, Tom and Patty, will host a three hour cocktail party for 20 with Hors D'Oeuvres and cocktails at the spectacular home of the Nielson's. Half the cost for your Legal Trust Package from Allen & Allen LLP This package is worth $625 to $750 depending on whether you need an individual or marital trust. Rob will provide a consultation, a Revocable Trust, Pour Over Wills, Durable Power of Attorney, Advanced Health Care Directive, and Deeds transferring real property to the trust and associated Assessor's Office forms. (Re-tilting of cash and investment accounts not included) Art has offered a personalized take home teeth whitening treatment just for you. This is no ordinary treatment folks. It includes a personalized mold of your teeth taken by Mr. Hayashi and a litany of Mr. Hayashi's famous jokes, which you get the honor of listening to while captive in his chair. Fly over Steve has offered a very special package this year in his private plane. This trip begins with a flight to Half Moon Bay where you will enjoy lunch with Steve then begin a truly unique experience as Steve takes you for an aerial tour over Our resident expert fixer-upper Birding with the Best Join Ron and Gingi for a fun filled afternoon checking out the birds of the Unique Golf Package from Dave Hemrick and PV Golf Course Three of you can join Dave Hemrick for a round of golf at PV Golf Course. Enjoy the added benefit of a few pointers on how to improve your game from our very own expert amateur and get insights on just how a low handicap player approaches their game and the course they are playing. Crane Artwork Exquisite gallery bronze statue "Bronze Cranes Flock" by SPI Sail with the President Join Rotary President Manuel Osorio on his 34' sailboat for a fun trip around the Advertise with the Register Pajaronian The Register Pajaronian has generously donated a full page COLOR ad. Golf with Rocky Steven Bruce will provide you with a complimentary private sports analysis of everything you are doing wrong with your golf swing. Oh, and he just might point out what you are doing right too! This package includes an initial evaluation and three follow up visits just to make sure you get it right. Seven Luxurious Nights in the Mountains Spend a week in the Mountains at the beautiful home of the Jurach's. Just minutes from Twain Harte and just steps away from fishing. Their 2000 Sq. Ft. two bedroom home is located amongst the Cedars and Black Oaks in a park like setting and is close to shopping, lakes and Dodge Ridge Ski Resort. Ralph and Theo are offering a beautiful evening of fun, food, and Bocce ball in the style of Finally, a special thanks to all Over the past seven years you have raised in excess of $117,000 for the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Thank you for your commitment, dedication, and service above self, both to the Local and to the International Community. You make a difference in the lives of many. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS: Datebook:…. - October 15 Mine and Marty at the Pajaro Dunes Lagoon House. October 22 Meeting…Detective: Gil Courtney Program: Partners in Service: PDG Thariq Razak of ---------------------------------------------------------- Nearby Makeups… Lewisburger…$500 each to PV Rod & Gun Club 150 PV Historical Association 150 YMCA 450 Rotary Club 150 Children's Hospice 150 Boy Scouts Troop 599 650 PV Shelter Services 300 Agricultural History 150 Jacob's Heart 450 Flames Basketball 150 Rotary Endowment 150 JACL Senior Services 150 Relay for Life 150 Renaissance High 500 E. A. Hall Middle School 500 Hal Hyde read part of a story from "Army Echoes", a twice-yearly bulletin for retired Army personnel and their families. The story featured SPC McGinnis who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for giving his life to save others in 2006. After reading this touching story/tribute, Hal lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Gil Courtney gave the invocation. Announcements: Sharon Jurach reminded everyone about Mine & Marty and the $20K goal. She also said she needed a headcount for the caterer and then had Theo Wierdsma, Georgeann Cowles, Ed Banks, Rocky & Ron Kinninger describe their donations – all sounded fantastic. Georgeann indicated that although her "Farmer's Delight" package had a value of $500, it would surely bring the $20K needed; Ron Kinninger said the value of his bird watching outing was priceless and he even sounded a few bird sounds to prove it! Linda Bartlett from Freedom Rotary complimented us on our Lewisburger booth at the fair and then asked if we can help out with their golf tournament that's on Thursday 10/16. She said they desperately need golfers, sponsors and prizes. Murry Schekman announced that Watsonville High is looking for speakers to address students about a variety of business and technical topics. He passed out a list of topics that students expressed interest in and asked that anyone interested contact him. Visiting Rotarians: Steve Spragens from John Fischer from Capitola-Aptos Jerry Fitzgerald from Brian Russ from Linda Bartlett from Freedom Guests of Rotarians: Katie Gallegos brought her brother Greg. John Kane brought Alfredo Jiminez and Gabriella Ahumada from Univision. Alfredo is a potential new member. Rocky Franich brought Millie (who needs no intro) Thoughts from the meeting… …Mine and Marty net income budget has been set at $20k and Sharon Jurach needs your silent and live auction items to make that budget. Last year You might be able to combine items like the personal training session and 2 free nights at the Red Roof Inn. Here are some of the hot items for your spending pleasure: Day with Peter Barr 7 Nights in Twain Harte at the Jurach's 3 Bedroom Home Cabrillo Stage Production & Dinner sponsored by Al Smith 4 nights @ Kirk DiCiccos Mi Wuk Cabin Wine Tasting and Tour for 30 at Byington Winery Round of Golf and personal instruction by Dave Hemrick for three 1 Year Membership Gold's Gym 1 Day of Labor by Larry Cardon Cocktail Pary for 20 by Stan, Judy, Tom and Patty Harvest and Crush Party plus Bottle of 2006 Vintage with Georgann Cowles. Golf and Lunch for 4 with Rocky Franich at A very special Bird Outing and Picnic for four with Ron and Gingi Kinninger Flight over SF Bay and lunch at Half Moon Bay with Steve Henderson Golf Swing Analysis- An evaluation with 3 follow up visits with Steven Bruce Moose Hunting with Sarah Palin and Georgann Cowles. Personal Training sessions with Steven Bruce Childrens Kubota Tractor from Tom House Inflatable boat and accessories from Mark Jurach Antique High Chair A Special Collection of Childrens books Write up a Trust with Rob Allen. Half off of a $1500 service. 2 free nights @ Red Roof Inn from Chuck and Ramona Dave Hemrick was the Detective: Anyone not present at last week's lunch at EA Hall was fined $2. He also pointed out that Manuel Osorio is considered a legend at EA Hall as evidenced by the 1959 yearbook that Principal Artemesia Cortez found, so he was fined $5. Murry Sheckman was fined $3 for Watsonville High Tennis team being tied for first in the league. Arnie Thirup was going to be fined but wasn't here, he must have known! Larry Cardon was asked what the total given to charity from the Lewisburger booth was ($5000) – Everyone who lobbied for or who should get a portion was asked to stand, applauded for their efforts, and then fined $5. Rocky Franich was asked about his new competition on Auto Row – he said he invited the new owner, but the guy said "no" so he must not like our kind of crowd – then he was fined $5. Georgeann Cowles was asked about attending a $5000 per person rally to hear Governor Sarah Palin speak, which raised a lot of money for the campaign – it was then pointed out that with square glasses, Georgeann might be a Palin look-alike and she was fined $5. Mike Wallace was about to be fined, said he was already maxed out and when pressed by Dave, admitted that "maxed out" meant only $7 – so he paid the other $3. Al Smith was asked if there was anything interesting that happened to a family member, and he said his brother-in-law recently received an award from the President at the White House and Dave said that's when a brother-in-law IS family. What chemistry!... Richard Otto was asked if Ralph Miljanich was too busy to come to the meeting because of the recent boom in the Financial Advising business and was fined $5 in which Richard wanted to know exactly what Dave meant by boom? Mike Machado said he retired last week and the news got out on Wall Street and unfortunately lead to the crash of the economy – he said he would donate $20 and would have given more but it's been a rough week – then Steve DuFour said he put more than $20 in when he retired, but this didn't seem to make a difference. Nancy Korach was fined $5 travelers insurance for her upcoming 9-day trip to New Members…President Osorio said to leave this section blank for the second week in a row but he was impressed that the committee had ten members. Avenida de Servicio…This years District 5170 Avenue of Service is October 16. You make the time and President Osorio will pay for your meal and attendance fee. Activities start at Mike Wallace introduced the speaker by reminding everyone that the upcoming Mine and Marty event was named after Bill Mine and Marty Franich. The speaker, Don Allen, was here to talk about the work of Rotary Foundation "a passion of his." In his opening, Don said "you'll be successful no matter what I say" but he would like to talk about why Rotary Foundation means so much to him. Rotary Foundation has been in existence since 1917 and was officially adopted in 1932. By 1937 Rotary Foundation had already raised $5 million – but in 1947 when Paul Harris passed away and many Rotarians gave gifts in his honor is when Rotary Foundation really got rolling. Don said that he had polio as a kid. He was diagnosed with it in 1947 at age 13. At that time he was the fastest kid in school and he wanted to play professional baseball. He ended up in a He was lucky to find a therapist that put him through an "exercise regimen from hell" and eventually she and her Chiropractor husband helped him walk again. Now when someone asks about it he says it happened a long time again and "it's not a big deal". He related a story about how, later in life, he was at a conference and donated $25K to the campaign to eradicate polio and after giving a testimony about his story and why he's donating, felt such an amazing surge of emotion that he cried for the first and only time. He also said he was afraid his wife would be mad about the large donation, but she reminded him that her father had polio and her best friend who had polio died in the hospital. Don talked about going to When Don asked someone from the World Health Organization why the women would trust him with their babies, he said, "they don't trust you, they trust the emblem on your shirt." The people of Don also told a touching story of watching a video at home before he went on the trip and seeing a shot of a boy who had clearly suffered from polio and used a staff to help stand and swayed back and forth to keep from falling. He saw that boy in person and the boy (who saw Don in shorts) pointed to Don's legs and then pointed to his own indicated that he knew that Don had suffered the same as he. Don said before you knew it they were both sitting in the dirt, unable to understand what either said, but communicating to each other that they had a bond in their recovery from polio. He said sitting and giggling with this boy was the moment that he was truly cured of polio. Then Don updated us on some of what's happened with Rotary Foundation over the past 8 months. He talked about the $100 million challenge grant donation given by the Gates Foundation, and what a stamp of approval it is to receive a challenge grant and be told it was OK to spend the money now and match it later. In closing he talked about the fact that what Rotarians do with the Rotary Foundation and the good that's done around the globe is something for all Rotarians to be proud of because we're the ones that make it happen. He even went so far as to say that one day in places like Gil commented that his two brothers both had polio and he remembered the times when swimming pools were closed and kids were kept away from any type of situation where they might come into contact with the polio virus. He asked for a show of hands of those who had family members or neighbors that had polio, and expressed how nice it is that we don't have to worry anymore. Manuel then gave Don the traditional Rotary certificate and explained that while he didn't know about a name on a monument, he did know that Don's name would appear in the book we'll be donating in his honor to EA Hall. Personalized Smile by our Art Hayashi
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