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Newsletter
for September 26,
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coming soon: 10/10
Henry Kaku the Art of
Origami Pledge: Lead by Forrest Frey Today's Guests: Some beer!  Announcements and Upcoming Events: * 10/2 Sonoma State Rotaract Meeting * 10/9 Community Rotaract Meeting * 10/21 Oktoberfest! Bruce’s Craft Talk: Today Bruce Schumikowski gave his craft talk; here are some of the highlights:  Bruce
was born in North Hampton, Maine, where much of his family continues to
live. His immediate family moved to Santa Barbara when he was 9 years
old. Eventually, Bruce attended and graduated from Loyola Marymount in
Southern California. He made his way into business working for Farmers,
and later came to Nelson Staffing where his has worked the past 10
years. Bruce is a golfer and avid soccer fan, he currently coaches one
of his son’s teams – he has two boys ages 6 and 10. Bruce and his wife,
married 10 years, enjoy wine and travel and recently spent their 10th
Anniversary in Spain – they also had a chance to attend a World Cup
match in Germany. Today's Fines: Linda P. posted a fine as she spoke of her recent return from her reunion and pitched her upcoming gallery event. Thanks Linda! New Member inducted today! Welcome to the Club Sara Gaines-Mills (or is it Mills-Gaines?...Sara? Help us out here!)  Today’s Special Guest Speakers – Craft Talks from our Vets:  Shadi Shamsavari – Shadi has worked as the HR Director for Xandex the past 25 years. She likes to use the image of the globe with people touching hands as symbolizing what she does – being sensitive to human needs. She has also developed a personal coaching and management consulting business called Human Remedy, visit her website at humanremedy.com. Shadi has also discovered a talent for songwriting (and singing!) and has produced a musical CD with her band “Midlife Crisis” One of Shadi’s great passions is her work with Mentor Me Petaluma, she as helped bring this program not only to our club but around the community. Dave Johnson – Dave was born in Los Angeles in 1942 about the same time that B29’s 
began flying over head. He eventually moved, with his family including
2 sisters, to Ukiah. Later he attended Chico State and got a degree in
Business Organization. He and his wife, Karen, lived in San Francisco
and San Carlos before settling in Petaluma in 1979. Dave has
worked jobs from picking fruit to selling men’s clothing at JC Penny’s
(someone who you would not want to select that colorful tie!) – but his
career lay in banking. He enjoys walking, photography, reading, TV,
shooting, watching the grass grow and seeing his two boys. Jerrie
Patterson – Jerrie once lived in Southern California and attended San
Diego State University. She developed a skill of coin-cutting and
jewelry making. Primarily, an artist, she is skilled in a variety of
media (she volunteered for nearly 10 years as the costume designer for
Cinnabar and is currently directing a musical in Novato). Jerrie also
once had a small business producing and marketing “cat cups” original
designed mugs of the feline persuasion. She met her beau, Jerry 31
years ago; Jerry was, for 15 years a Rotarian but left as his work took
him to San Francisco – in stepped Jerrie keeping Rotary in the Family –
the rest of their family includes two cats!Walt Hussey – Walt was born in Stockton in 1951. His dad was a furnace man so the 
family moved about spending time in very cold climates – to this day
Walt does not have an affinity for snow – no snow is just fine by him!
Walt’s grandparent’s owned a resort in Guerneville and eventually that
is where he grew up. He was an early reader and remembers reading the
Saturday Evening Post each week with his Grandpa. He enjoyed life as a
true “river rat.” He also, as a kid, was an entrepreneur, owning the
largest paper route in the area. Later in life he worked for KFC (what
IS in that chicken) and eventually worked for Chevron for 9 years
before opening a business in San Rafael. His current business, Walt’s
Automotive, has been at the same location for 25 years. Walt has a 37
year old daughter, 3 step kids, and 4 grand kids – he currently has two
beautiful wives, Connie and Sue. One of his hobbies is scuba diving and
he enjoys his varied animals – horses, sheep, cattle, pigs, and exotic
emus – not all at the same time, though. Johnny
Strong – Johnny was born in Yorkshire, England, in a family of 10
children and the same town where Captain Cook first sailed. He recently
lost his first sister and spent 6 weeks in England for the services and
reuniting with family and friends. He came to America the same month
the Beatles arrived in 1964. His instrument was the tin snips rather
than Ringo’s drums. He immediately set out to become a US citizen.
Eventually he made his way to the West Coast and worked as a journeyman
in Mill Valley for a “Big Swede” after 12 years he became a business
owner of the same company. For 20 years Johnny r owned and
operated Copperworks here in Petaluma – but not with out trials and
tribulations – his first business burned to the ground; but he soon
ventured to Sacramento and bought out a business and after re-selling
in Petaluma had enough to get started again. John lives on Eastman with
his wife, Mamie. He, of course is a true Rotarian, but he did mention
in his talk his love of the Cool Kids Camp and all that Petaluma Valley
Rotary means to him.He concluded with a personal Rotary story: When he was a Governor training, meetings which are “must attend” he found out that his father had died. Not only did the President of RI approach him but he was assigned a personal valet to insure that all details were taken care of so he could immediately make his way to England. The next morning dozens of Rotarians lined up to wish him well. One particular Rotarian, whom he had never met, offered him his home in England and the keys to his automobile. This is a poignant memory that John will never forget. Let's hear it for the Beer...and for the the Label Artist....Maureen Frances! 
Today’s Raffle: - no winner Meeting Adjourned |
