Walt and Sue’s grandson Ray opens the meeting.

Joann Pozzi lead the flag pledge.

Thought for the Day:
Pamela quotes Past President Ralph Williams-

“It’s a new day with a world ahead,
Yesterdays gone and the past is dead.
Grab on, grab on with all your might,
Hold on to the future ever so tight.
Be happy.

           Caress it and mold it as it slowly unfolds.
           Shape it and touch it, be steady and bold,
           For you must make it the way it must be,
           No one else can see it as you must see,
           Be Happy,

                       And as you reach out day by day,
                       It will all come together in every way,
                       The good things will happen for deep inside,
                       You have the strength and enormous pride,
                       To be happy.

                                  So look ahead, don’t look back,
                                  The future is bright, not cold and black,
                                  The sun will shine for you each day.
                                  To light your future along the way.
                                  And you will be happy.”

PVR guests:
Lou Steinberg, president-elect, Petaluma Rotary,  Steve Powell, Petaluma Rotary, Al Kaplan, Petaluma, Rotary
Jim Gilday, former president CGHS Interact Club,  Christine Leonard, Farrallon Insurance, Jennifer, Jan Roselle’s daughter
Ray, Sue and Walt’s grandson.


Sunshine and Showers:
Forrest is doing well from his back pain and hopes to return soon.

Announcements:

Cash 4 Cash
The Jerrie Patterson Girls give a raffle cheer skit with:

“Dictionairies, they are swell.                   Raffle tickets make the day.                    Raffle tickets, raffle tickets.
For clean water, dig that well.                  For our projects they will pay.                Go team go.
Kool Kids camp rings the bell.                 See if you can lead the way.                   Sell those tickets and don’t be slow.
All need funds, so sell, sell, sell!              To sell those tickets so we can say.         Yeaaaaa Rotary!”             



Lane Morales Craft talk
Born near Hartford, Connecticut, her mom was mayor of the city.  While majoring in nursing and psychology, after working 8 years in a hospital becoming interested in food service while helping some friends run a restaurant.  She got business degree in small business, bought small restaurant, and then sold the place to more out to California.  Married 10 years, living in first in San Rafael, now in Petaluma.  Has daughter, a dog named Chloe.  Enjoys photography ,travel, and music (the group Journey has bought some of her published music pieces).  Great talk Lane- liked your kid too.
 

Jan Roselle
After anguishing for the last three weeks, Jan has decided to help launch a new Cotati lunch Rotary club.  An old Rotary vet, she will be missed by all of her friends here and we hope to see good things from the new club benefiting from her experience and comradery.






Sports: Jim O’Grady
Golf tourney- come to reception 5/24, Thursday evening- counts as makeup meeting.

4/14    District Assembly, this Friday and Saturday.
4/21    Rebuilding Together
4/24    Bored Board 7:30am, Sunrise Assisted Living
4/26    SCARC here in Petaluma, put on by PR
4/29    Chili Cook-off
5/24    $1,000,000 Golf Tourney

Terri Bryant
Rotary youth exchange coming up with new student.  Need to find host family for 1/3 of year- need not be Rotarian.  The new exchange student going to PHS.  Let Terri know if you have any leads.

                                                                       Fines:
Jennifer Carter
Double goodness: her and husband-veterinarian Matt have a grand reopening of their vet hospital, Thursday nite, 4/12 and congratulations on being awarded small business of the year!  Good job!

Terri B
In the Argus Courier, her son made the newspaper in an article on natural shops.  Terri is also moving around corner to form a new Moon Essence salon and spa.

John Strong gets gigged for being a fine fellow.

Pam gets it for for turning her cell phone off but also celebrates daughter Stephanie becoming a preschool teacher.  She also put in a plug: her Hawaiian condo is open for June if anyone interested.  Yea, get it all in there Pam!





Raffle:Sheila draws but alas no luck. Deni gets the t-shirt raffle.

Speaker
Pinch Hitting today for the schedule speaker…

John Strong
A History of Past Club International Projects

John Strong presented a great slide show on past Rotary International projects Petaluma Valley Rotary has been involved in.

The first club project was in Haiti where Rotarians provided water storage tank in a 6000 square foot holding tank building.  One of them accidentally cut off tip of thumb working on it!

Next, John showed PVR trip to India working with a mobile health clinic serving villages in rural areas.   The people really needed the help and looked grateful for whatever could be done- examples, smiling man without hands or feet; a little girl with an eye tumor from which she latter died.

Later, John and PVR were in Mexico, helping a school for handicap kids with gifts of clothes and supplies as well as helping the local community by furnishing fire equipment including ambulance with lift and the jaws of life equipment.

Further along was a trip to the Dominican Republic building local houses with the help of twelve Interactors, Jerrie P. and Garrett Hill of the Sunrise club- he fondly remembers the team using a waterfall shower to clean up and the kindness of the locals. 

Next, it was trips to South East Asia, first the Phillipines building bamboo boats and then to Vietnam installing nine water wells and large holding tanks in rural areas and to build low cost modern housing.   He showed us pictures of scooter transport, the Perfume River, snakes, and the difference of the new housing vs old housing.

Lastly, there was a trip to Russia to provide an orphange with clothing and material support.  Great pics from an inspiring Rotary humanitarian- thanks Johnny!

Adieu!