Rotary Club of El Cerrito

Upcoming Programs

May 24
RotaCare - Barbara McCullough PhD, Ex. Dir Director of Brighter Beginnings; Steve Polcyn, District 5160 Liaison for Rotacare and instigator of the RotaCare Clinic in Pitsburgh; and Pate Thomson, medical coordinator. RotaCare Bay Area operates free clinics throughout the Bay Area providing quality healthcare for the uninsured. (Rotary Host Don Farquharson)

May 31
Garth Schultz, Manager of ECC Waste Collections Programs, Earth Day and Recycling Center. (Rotary Host Linda Moran)

Jun 7
Robyn Comfort, Project Pueblo (Rotary Host Jim Shepherd)

Jun 14
Frank Darling, Wheels for Little Flock (Rotarian Host Jim Sheperd)

Jun 21
Jim Shaw, travel to Washington D.C. (Rotary Host Tracy Giles)

Jun 26
Marya Ashworth, author of the book "Marigold" will speak about bullying and self-publishing

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Upcoming Events


Board Meetings in 2012 will continue to held on 3rd Tuesdays most months.

APRIL

BARSHEEP mixer - Friday, April 13th at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach

JUNE

Marty’s Demotion Dinner - Saturday, June 16th at the Berkeley City Club - $45 per person

 

*BARSHEEP is the nickname of the I-80 Clubs composed of the first letters of our names; Berkeley, Albany, Richmond, San Pablo, Hercules, El Cerrito, El Sobrante and Pinole.

 

 

 

 

 

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Next Program: June 26, 2012

Marya Ashworth grew up on a ranch in Northern California.  After college at the University of California, Berkeley, she worked in the movie business, advertising and marketing.  MARIGOLD  is her first book, and she’s currently finishing the sequel, BELLADONNA.  She lives in El Cerrito with her husband and two dogs.  For more information, see her website at www.maryaashworth.com and her book review blog www.elvenchronicles-marya.blogspot.com

Rotary Club of El Cerrito Weekly Bulletin: The Wheel

Editors: Gary Buffon & Charlie Weaver
Week of May 10, 2012

 
President Marty welcomed everyone to the friendly El Cerrito Rotary Club and Jim Shepherd led the flag salute and the thought for the day was provided by Jane, a tribute to mothers since this day is coming up on Sunday.
 
Secretary John (guest introductions):  Visitors included Allen’s wife and Kathleen’s guest Terry. 
 
Happy Dollars:  Kathleen is happy that Lee was able to help her cat get well. Ilhami is Jack gave him a ride today. Don is happy for sailing on the bay. Mark S is happy that Kathleen brought Terry today as he has been helpful in getting the Chamber a meeting place & also for Kevin being back at Rotary today. Gary B is happy that the Interact club has set it officers for the next year and sad to learn that Henry Treadway was lost to suicide. Henry is former member Chris Treadway’s son. Sil is happy that Kasusah is back in the states for the summer and she came over for dinner. Our guest speaker is happy her computer is working ok for her presentation. Jane is happy about the Crane Way in Richmond having completed their convention center. Tracy is happy that Alan (our fellow Rotarian) detected her need for some oral surgery. Karen is happy about Tracy being at Rotary.
 
Sgt at Arms Nancy:    Not on duty today
 
 
Announcements:
  • Jane send around the sign up list for the Demotion Dinner along with fliers for everyone. June 16th is the date so don’t miss it!!
  •  Kathleen is getting updates for the club roster. Be sure and annotate the info on her clipboard with either OK or the updates you want.
  •  Marty reminded us that the speaker team are responsible for clean up and having a greeter at our meetings
  • Tracy let everyone know about the ECHS Drama class is putting on their first play this Friday. Our club played a role in this event with our $3000 donation earlier this year. Go enjoy the play at the ECHS Performance Center.
 
Today’s Program:
 
Jim Shepherd introduced Patricia Jones who is the Executive Director for the Citizens for East Bay Parks who was on hand today to tell us the history of how this very important part of our area has come about. 
 
Back in the 1960s Sylvia McLaughlin and others decided that action had to be taken to make sure the destruction of the bay was stopped and that filling of the bay was ceased. In 1965 the BDCD was established and from that point forward there have been efforts to continue making the east shore and bay were protected. Today the Bay is 40,000 acres larger than it was in 1961. 
 
Patricia also told us about the goal of getting the East Shore Park renamed McLaughlin East Shore State Park in honor of Sylvia’s tireless efforts to protect and remediate the Bay. Sylvia is 95 and the goal is to get the renaming completed before she expires.
 
There were cards on hand for us to sign and give to Patricia to put pressure on the Parks Commission to complete the task. This was a very interesting presentation. Thanks Jim for having Patricia speak to us.
 

 

Today’s Lottery Winners:   

Michael C had his ticket pulled and won the bottle of wine.  Gary B had his ticket pulled and selected a cat’s eye marble.  Next week the pot will be $80.

 

Thought for the Week: 

Totally commit to your life purpose and take whatever action is necessary to achieve it.