Chartered March 12, 1959

2013-14 Rotary Leadership ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

Ron D. Burton International President

Rotary Club of Norman, Oklahoma, USA DISTRICT 5180

Bill Short District Governor

Fred Rowe Assistant Governor

Area 8 CLUB OFFICERS/

DIRECTORS Patrick Magnani

President Roland Wright

Immediate Past President Richard Ryan President Elect Lee N Wiggins

Secretary Dominic Mecklenburg

Treasurer Maureen McBride Club Administration

Richard Ryan Community Service Marilee Monagan

International Service Gene Long

Youth Services Bob Spears

Vocational Service David Stone

Sergeant at Arms David Stone

Rotary Foundation Joe Kaiser Membership

The Highlander March 31, 2014

Volume 56, Issue 33

THE ROTARY CLUB OF FOOTHILL- HIGHLANDS

Club President Patrick Magnani and wife, Jennifer

with R.I. President Ron D. Burton at the

Doubletree Hotel on Arden Way

Sunday, March 30th

Dinner was hosted by District 5180 Governor

Bill Short.

DINNER WITH R.I. PRESIDENT

RON D. BURTON

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Club Communications - Richard Hansen

rch6242@comcast.net 916-332-7448

Rotary Club Address

P.O. Box 6 North Highlands, CA 95660- 0006

DONATE TO HELP OUR ROTARY CLUB SUPPORT LOCAL CHARITABLE AND NONPROFIT CAUSES.

Foothill-Highlands Rotary Club Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3)organization.

EIN 68-0392810, PayPal link on Club Website: http://www.foothillhighlandsrotary.org/

CLUB WEBSITE: www.foothillhighlandsrotary.org/

(ClubRunner)

DISTRICT 5180 WEBSITE: http://rotary5180.com

CALL TO ORDER Our official greeter was Gordon Lipp.

President Patrick Magnani began the

meeting at 12:15 p.m. Gordon did double

duty and led us in the pledge. John

Hallsten provided the invocation and

Richard Hansen w as the note taker .

VISITING ROTARIANS AND

GUESTS Visiting today was District Governor Elect

Fred Teichert from the Rotary Club of

Sacramento as well as Honorary Member

Brent Seizer and our speaker , Anne

Marie Schubert. Anne Marie is a

candidate for Sacramento County District

Attorney.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

End Polio Now Campaign

PP Marilee Monagan

announced several weeks

ago that we exceeded our

2013-14 goal for the End

Polio Now ca mpa ig n.

She has set a new goal of $1,000 by June

30th and will continue to have the banks on

the tables at our weekly meetings. Please

keep bringing your extra pocket change to

fill them.

TELL ME MORE.... WHERE TO MAKE UP A MISSED MEEO TING

OBJECT OF ROTARY

HOW TO JOIN ROTARY

E-Waste4Good is still going

STRONG! There is a pickup every month

so keep those items coming.

You can bring anything, anytime to

Umpqua Bank or PP Dominic

Mecklenburg is happy to collect your

“electronic junk” on Mondays at our regular

meetings. If you would like him to schedule

a free pickup at your home or office

location, just let him know!

Sunshine Committee

PP Maureen McBride reported that

PP Lee Wiggins is on the mend and able to

walk without crutches; but according to Lee,

“no marathons yet.”

PP Sharon Bias sends her regards and hopes

to be at the Night at the Museum.

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Night at the Museum — LESS

THEN ONE MONTH TO GO!!!

Plans are moving swiftly for our fundraiser

scheduled for Friday, April 25th at the CA

Automobile Museum.

To date, we have secured 13 restaurants and

21 wineries/breweries. W e are doing

great on wineries/breweries but NEED

MORE RESTAURANTS. Our original

goal was 15 restaurants; but with the

addition of several more wineries, it’s a

concern that we don’t have more restaurants.

PLEASE HELP!!

If you have a special restaurant you would

like featured at our event, please contact

them to see if they would be interested in

participating. Attached to the bulletin is a

complete list of vendors. If you need

additional promotional materials to solicit

participation from restaurants and/or

sponsors, replacements are available from

either Mo or Richard Hansen.

Just a reminder: All members are

asked to provide at least two (2) Balloon Pop

items. The value of each item should

be at least $20. PP Dominic Mecklenburg is

collecting those items at our weekly

meetings. If you prefer to give money,

Dominic can purchase item s on your

behalf.

WITH LESS THAN ONE MONTH TO GO,

WE STILL NEED MORE ITEMS. LET’S

GET INTO FULL GEAR. BRING YOUR

ITEMS TO NEXT WEEK’S MEETING.

SELL TICKETS!

It appears ticket sales are slow. Please turn in

any money for sold tickets to Dominic as soon

as you can so we can get an accurate picture of

how many tickets have been sold to date.

For more information about NATM, go

to:

www.night-at-the-museum-rotary.org

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

APRIL IS MAGAZINE MONTH

UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

CLUB CALENDAR:

APRIL 7 BOB DUNNING, a journalist

APRIL 14 MARYELLEN BURNS and KEITH BURNS,

Co-authors of "Lost Restaurants of

Sacramento and Their Recipes.”

APRIL 21 CLUB ASSEMBLY ON NATM

APRIL 25 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM FUNDRAISER

APRIL 28 DARK FOLLOWING NATM

MAY 5 SPECIAL EVENING MEETING HONORING

SAC COUNTY DA JAN SCULLY

DIST. 5180 CALENDAR:

APRIL 10 REGIONAL SPEECH CONTEST @ SMUD

HEADQUARTERS, 6301 S STREET

RUBICON ROOM

MAY 2-4 DISTRICT CONFERENCE AT SILVER

LEGACY RESORT IN RENO

MAY 18 ROTARY DAY AT THE RIVER CATS AT

1:30 P.M.

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FINES AND RECOGNITIONS

BELL RINGERS, GONG BONGERS

PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS

A Paul Harris Fellow is an individual who

contributes $1,000 to the Rotary International

Annual Program Fund or other approved

programs. Each additional $1,000 contribution

is recognized with a plus and the number.

Sharon Bias (B) PHF+1

Sonja Cameron (GRIF) PHF

Warren Coffeen PHF+ 1

Jeff Donlevy (B)

Annie Hallsten (B) PHF+ 1

John Hallsten (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 5

Richard Hansen (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 5

Joe Kaiser (GRIF) PHF+ 7

Gordon Lipp (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 2

Gene Long PHF

Patrick Magnani (B)(GRIF) PHF

Maureen McBride (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 8 +

Dominic Mecklenburg (B)(GRIF)(GRIF) PHF+ 4

Bob Meyer (B) (GRIF) PHF+ 4

Marilee Monagan (GRIF) PHF+ 2

Sam Morgan (B)(GRIF)(GRIF) PHF+ 4

Kwanchai

Patanapongpibul

Erik Nooren (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 7

Richard Ryan (B)(GRIF) PHF

Bob Spears (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 2

David Stone (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 5

Lee Wiggins (B)(GRIFx2) PHF+ 3

Roland Wright (B)(GRIF x3) PHF+ 4

Bell Ringer & Gong Codes:

(B) = Bell Ringer hi$100 to Club

(GFHF) = Gonger $100 to Club Foundation

(GRIF) = Gonger $100 to RI Foundation

(RIF) = $100 to Rotary Foundation

Earlier in the meeting PP Erik Nooren

asked if he needed recognition. After

some discussion, it was determined that

Erik now has the longest tenure of

any Club member. Erik spun the wheel for

a 2, all Rotarians paid $1. He then spun a

second time for another 2, he paid $2.

Sergeant-at-Arms David Stone began by

asking if there were any members that

had not rung the bell or bonged the gong

if they would like to do so today. He

received no response.

David then asked if there w ere any

Rotarians who were not wearing their

pins or badges. PE Rich Ryan did not

have his pin on. He paid $1.

President Patrick was not wearing his

badge. He spun the wheel for $4.

David had a Happy Thought. His son,

Tyler w as on a 14-hour flight to Japan to

work with one of the top ten knife

sharpeners in the world. David spun the

wheel for a $7.

WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014

GREETER: ROLAND WRIGHT

PLEDGE: GENE LONG

INVOCATION: RICHARD HANSEN

NOTE TAKER: BOB SPEARS

VOCATIONAL MINUTE: NEXT APRIL 14TH

SONJA CAMERON

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS

WEEK’S PROGRAM

PP Maureen McBride shared a cute joke

and won audience approval. She earned a

fine-free pass.

Keep those jokes coming!

JOKES

On June 3, 2014 Sacramento County

residents will have the opportunity to elect a

new District Attorney for the first time in 20

years. To help our members familiarize

themselves with the candidates, we invited

the candidates to visit our club. This week

Anne Marie Schubert w as our guest.

PP Marilee Monagan introduced Anne

Marie. Anne Marie is a Sa cr a m en to

native. She graduated from Loretto High

School and received her law degree from

the University of San Francisco Law

School in 1989. Since that time, she has

served in the District Attorney's office.

With 24 years of Law Enforcement

Experience, Anne Marie is recognized as one

of the state’s top prosecutors. As a Deputy

District Attorney, she has sent some of the

area’s most notorious and dangerous

criminals – murderers, rapists and child

molesters – to state prison.

Anne Marie cu r r en tly se r ve s a s th e

Supervising Deputy District Attorney

overseeing the Special Assault and Child

Abuse Unit. She has prosecuted over 100

jury trials including sexual assault, child

abuse, domestic violence and murder

cases. She started the Sacramento

County District Attorney’s Cold Case

Homicide Unit in 2002 which has

resulted in dozens of cold murders being

charged, prosecuted and convicted. She

started the nationally recognized

Partners Against Chronic Truancy

(PACT) program in Sacramento County

to reduce truancy in our community.

President Patrick Magnani was born in San

Francisco and grew up in Concord, CA. He

graduated from De La Salle High School in

Concord and came to Sacramento in 1999 to

attend California State University,

Sacramento where he earned a B.A. degree in

Communications with an emphasis in Public

Relations and a minor in Business

Administration.

Upon graduation from CSUS in 2002,

Patrick joined Enterprise Rent-A-Car as

a Management Trainee. In 2004, he was

promoted to Branch Manager where he

successfully managed four different offices.

He was with Enterprise for eight years and

left in 2010 to embark on his new career with

Edward Jones as a Financial Advisor.

VOCATIONAL MINUTE

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Anne Marie e x p la in ed why she decided

to run for District Attorney. She feels her

quest stems from her roots here and from

her desire to protect the future of our

community.

Annie Marie h a s w o r k ed clo se ly w ith

the current DA Jan Scully for over 20

years and Jan has given Anne Marie her

full support.

Ms. Schubert has been a Peace Officers

Standards and Training (POST) instructor for

over 15 years in the areas of homicide and

cold case prosecution.

She was honored as Prosecutor of the

Year in 2007 and has served as a member

of the Sacramento County Child Death

Review Team and as a board member of

the California District Attorneys

Association.

Public safety matters to Anne Marie. She

wants people to feel safe in their

community. She feels that the community

will thrive if the people feel safe.

Reducing crime helps us feel safe.

While some people deserve to go to prison

for their crimes, it is also important to

prevent crime in the first place. Treating

drug problems and limiting truancy are a

good start.

The position of DA holds a lot of power

and responsibility and she doesn ’t take it

lightly.

Anne Marie is c o n ce r n e d a b o u t a

component of the law that allows

offenders with a history of serious and

dangerous crimes to be released from

prison and returned to county probation

Following her remarks, Anne Marie thanked

us for the opportunity to speak to our

members. Then, President Patrick

presented Anne Marie with a Rotary gift

in gratitude for her informative

presentation.

As is our usual custom, President Patrick

asked everyone to join him in a toast to

“Rotary around the World” and the meeting

was adjourned.

President Patrick and Anne Marie

supervision instead of to state parole

oversight. She feels it makes it tougher

to return some criminals with violent

histories to custody and to keep them

there for more than a few months if

they violate the terms of their release .

It is an important issue facing

Sacramento County.

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DINNER WITH R.I. PRESIDENT RON D. BURTON

Foothill-Highlands Rotarians and their spouses at the Dinner

Dominic and Mary

Mecklenburg Eddie Long, Annie Hallsten

and John Hallsten Patrick and Jennifer

Magnani

Roland and Diane Wright

Chuck and Maureen McBride

Gene and Kathy Long

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E-WASTE RECYCLING IS HERE!

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET RID OF SOME UNWANTED

CLUTTER AND HELP OUR CLUB RAISE SOME MONEY. THEY WILL ACCEPT

ANY PIECE OF ELECTRONICS INCLUDING TV’S, COMPUTERS, APPLIANCES,

CORDS, KEYBOARDS, MICE AND EVEN POWER TOOLS. THE HEAVIER THE

BETTER (WE GET PAID BY THE WEIGHT!) ANYTHING WITH A CORD IS

ACCEPTABLE, AND THEY TAKE THE CORDS TOO. THEY SEPARATE AND

RECYCLE THE PLASTIC, METAL…EVERYTHING! IF YOU HAVE ITEMS TO

DONATE, GIVE ME A CALL TO COORDINATE THE PICKUP. SOME ITEMS I CAN

COLLECT AT OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS TOO! IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS OR

RELATIVES THAT HAVE SOME E-WASTE, I CAN ARRANGE FOR A FREE PICKUP

FOR THEM TOO!

THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT. CONTACT DOMINIC FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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IF YOU HAVE A VEHICLE

THAT YOU ARE THINKING OF TRADING IN OR SELLING,

CONSIDER DONATING IT TO THE

“ROTARY CLUB OF FOOTHILL-HIGHLANDS

DONATE-A-CAR PROGRAM”

When your vehicle is sold, the proceeds will go to the “Rotary Club of Foothill-Highlands” to

help support local charitable and non-profit causes. The Foothill-Highlands Rotary Club

Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3)organization, tax I.D. No. is 68-0392810. You may be

eligible to deduct the fair market value of your vehicle as a charitable contribution for income

tax purposes.

DONATE YOUR OLD CAR, BOAT OR RV

DONATE NOW

1-800-240-0160 and a friendly car donation specialist will schedule your pick-up

appt.

BENEFITS OF DONATING:

FAST – next day pick-up appointments if called-in by 2pm

FREE – we’ll pick-up your donation at no charge to you

CONVENIENT – we’ll pick-up your car from wherever it is (home, work, auto shop)

TAX DEDUCTIBLE – your donation is tax deductible to the full extent of the law

SAVE TIME – save yourself the time and hassle of trying to sell it

FEEL GREAT – knowing that your car will help further our mission

We work with a reputable car donation processor, Car Program, who will make all the

arrangements at no cost to you. They handle the title transfer requirements and will provide

you with a tax deductible donation receipt when they pick-up your car.

Need more information? Please call our Car Donation Program 24/7 at 1-800-240-0160 and a

helpful representative can guide you through the process. .

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Rotary Club of Foothill-Highlands

Night at the Museum Fundraiser

Friday, April 25, 2014

Current List as of 3/31/2014

Participating Restaurants: (Goal: 15)

Brookfields Restaurant

Capital City Catering

Chewy’s Restaurant

Golden Corral

Hibachi Grill

Howe It’s Done Catering

Maad Wingz

Phaya Thai Restaurant

Rubio’s Fresh Mexican Grill

Purveyors of Desserts/Sweets:

Capital Confections

Cupcake Cravings

Edible Arrangements

Chocolate Fountains of Sacramento

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Rotary Club of Foothill-Highlands

Night at the Museum Fundraiser

Friday, April 25, 2014

Current List as of 3/31/2014

Participating Wineries: (Goal: 15-18)

Barefoot Wines

Barsetti Vineyards

Bogle Vineyards

Carvalho Family Winery

Driven Cellars

Frank Family Vineyards

Harvey Lane Winery

Michael David Winery

Moniz Family Wines

Oakridge Winery

Old World Vines

Scott Harvey Wines

Terra d' Oro Winery

Turkovich Wines

Villa Toscano Wines

Wreckless Blenders

Wente Vineyards

Murrieta’s Well

Double Decker

Breweries:

Hoppy Brewing Company

Lagunitas Brewing Company