23rd Term - Point West Rotary

Volume 23, Issue 2
June 4, 2007
Rotary Club of Point West - Sacramento, CA
Service above self
Bud’s Pub!
23rd Term
April 17, 2008
Opening minutes…...
The Objectives of
Rotary International:
 The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
 High ethical standards in
business and professions;
the recognition of the
worthiness of all useful
occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s
occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
 The application of the
ideal of service in each
Rotarian’s personal, business and community life.
 The advancement of international understanding,
goodwill, and peace
through a world fellowship
of business and professional persons united in
the ideal of
service.
On a glorious
spring morning,
Bud “I am Always Exciting”
Ackerman rang
the bell to start
the 37th meeting of the 23rd term of the
Point West Rotary, Sacramento.
The Pledge was admirably led by Dean
Wilkie, and golden voiced Guy Heilman led the assembly in America.
New Member Cori Badgley was our
invocator; she spoke of a seminal moment in her life,
a mission trip to
the Dominican
Republic. The
people were very
poor, the living
conditions primitive, yet the people were happy. When
Cori gets down she remembers those
people and finds gratitude in what she
has. Cori ended the invocation with
this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
―To laugh often and love
much; to win the respect of
intelligent persons and the
affection of children; to earn
the approbation of honest
citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the
best in others; to give of one's
self; to leave the world a bit
better, whether by a healthy
child, a garden patch or a
redeemed social condition; to
have played and laughed with
enthusiasm and sung with
exultation; to know even one
life has breathed easier because you have lived - this is
to have succeeded."
Thank You, Cori.
Festa di Vino—Only a FEW WEEKS AWAY!!!!
Inside this
issue:
Speaker—Aaron Harlan
2
Wine History
2
Spring Clean-Up
2
Science Club
2
Golf Tournament
3
Ole and Sven
3
Bell Ringer
3
Save the Date
3
Birthdays
3
Sightseers!!
3
Next Meeting:
Festa is very quickly approaching!
Thursday, April 17th
Meeting Thursday:
Pam
Zigatos Restaurant
Lapinski announced that we will be
5:45—7:00 PM
meeting weekly now, since Festa is
only a couple weeks away. Plans
All meetings are very important
are coming together, thank you to
from here forward!!!
all who have put so much effort into CHECKLIST: Every Point Wester
this event. We are on the home
is expected to furnish an auction
stretch!!!
item, and buy (or sell) four tickets:
____ I have donated an
Auction: Dave Black reminded
auction item
everyone to get their auction items
____ I have accounted for
in! More, more, more……..
four ticket sales
Sales: Sales Guy John Valentine
Ticket sales goal: 650
announced we are at 448 tickets
Ticket sales to date: 448
(which include sponsors).
Announcement
President Bud shared that
Bob Tilly’s wife, Darle, has
been hospitalized with bacterial meningitis.
Bud’s sure they would appreciate cards.
Get well soon, Darle!!
Head Table
The Head Table featured Don
Jamison, Ed Goldkuhl, Bob
Willett, and guest speaker
Aaron Harlan .
Bud’s Pub!
Speaker—Aaron Harlan
Bob Willet, Jr. introduced our
guest speaker, Aaron Harlan.
Aaron is owner of American Pacific Reverse Mortgage Group.

Basic Features of a Reverse
Mortgage:
All reverse mortgages—whether the government-insured Home Equity Conversion
Mortgage or a conventional product—share
a set of common characteristics, which include the following:
 You must be at least 62 years old and
own a home.
 You ALWAYS retain title (ownership)
to the home. The lender never, at any
point, owns the home, even after you
(or last surviving
spouse) permanently
vacate the
property.
 You must still
pay property
taxes and insurance, and keep the home
well maintained.
 Repayment of the loan occurs when
you (or last surviving spouse) permanently vacate the home. You or your
heirs (estate) then must facilitate the
pay back of the loan using either private
funds or selling the home. After the
loan is repaid, all leftover proceeds
from the sale of the home go to you or
the estate.
 The amount of funds you are eligible to
receive depends on your age (or age of
the youngest borrower in the case of
couples), the value of the home, the
interest rate and the upfront costs. With
all products, the older you are, the more
proceeds you are eligible to receive.
 Loan fees can be financed, or paid out
of the available loan proceeds. This
means you incur very little out-ofpocket expense to get a reverse mortgage. In most cases, you only have to
pay for the appraisal, which costs
roughly $350 depending on your market.
 The loan balance (amount owed) grows
each time you access funds from your
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
Wine History
line of credit or receive a monthly
payment. In addition, the lender is
charging you interest on the outstanding loan balance as well as a
monthly servicing fee.
Repayment of the loan is not required until you (or the last surviving spouse) permanently leave the
home as a primary residence.
All reverse mortgages have a "nonrecourse" feature, which means that
the total amount owed can never
exceed the appraised value of the
home.
The history of wine spans thousands of
years and is closely intertwined with the
history of agriculture, cuisine, civilization and man himself. Archaeological
evidence suggests that the earliest wine
production came from sites in Georgia
and Iran, dating from 6000 to 5000 BC.
The archaeological evidence becomes
clearer, and points to domestication of
grapevine, in Early Bronze Age sites of
the Near East, Sumer and Egypt from
around the third millennium BC.
Evidence of the earliest European wine
production has been uncovered at archaeological sites in Greece, dated to
6,500 years ago. These same sites also
contain remnants of the world’s earliest
evidence of crushed grapes. In Egypt,
wine became a part of recorded history,
playing an important role in ancient
ceremonial life. Traces of wine dating
from the second and first millennium BC
have also been found in China.
Science Club
Bill McIntyre
shared his
thoughts on
the book by David Levy, Love and Sex
with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships.
The book’s title says it all, although Bill
had a lot more to say, including what
your robot might say to you sometime in
the future…‖Not tonight, darling, I’ve
got to reboot!‖
Hilarious to say the least!!!????
Wine Boy
Brought to you as a public service by
the Festa Committee
Spring Clean-Up
Spring Clean-Up: Dan Hall announced
that with the arrival of Earth Day it’s
once again time to come together and
pick up garbage on the American River
bike trail Saturday, April 19th, 9 am to
noon. Last year Point West Rotarians
distinguished themselves by picking up
more garbage than any other organization! Call or email Dan to sign up!
Volume 23, Issue 37
Golf Tournament—June 6th
Ole and Sven!
Gary Hardesty shared
that this year’s golf tournament will be bigger
and better than ever…
kind of like last year’s
but on steroids. We’ll
play at Turtle Creek in Roseville, and the fee is
the same as in past years, $110. What’s different is that we will be co-hosting the tournament
with Arden Arcade Rotary, and there will be
sponsorships, raffles, and a live auction, with
50% of the proceeds going to Children’s Receiving Home and 25% each to our two clubs. The
tournament is in honor of Sam Peterson, Arden
Arcade Rotary member and owner of the Sac
Brewing Company, who passed away last year.
Many of us did not know Sam but he was a big
sponsor of the PWR Brewfest. There’s even talk
of a friendly rivalry between the two clubs.
PWR has space for 18 foursomes, and signups
start in May.
Reverend Ole was the pastor of the local Norwegian Lutheran Church, and
Pastor Sven was the minister of the
Swedish Covenant Church across the
road.
I saw them yesterday standing by the
road, pounding a sign into the ground,
that reads :
'Da End iss Near! Turn Yourself
Aroundt Now! Before It's Too Late!'
As a car sped past them, the driver
leaned out his window and yelled,
'Leave us alone, you religious nuts!'
From the curve we heard screeching
tires and a big splash... Rev. Ole turns
to Pastor Sven and asks, 'Do ya tink
maybe da sign should yust say, 'Bridge
Out'?'
Bell Ringer
Jack
Kasper has
returned
from a series of trips
including
five days fishing in Alaska and two
weeks in Cabo. He presented Bud
with two salmon filets (from Alaska)
and a Cabo fun kit – a shot glass,
tequila and a T shirt. He also announced his retirement, congratulations, Jack!!! Jack presented Bud
with a $500 donation to the Foundation.
WOW, thanks Jack!!!!
Save the date…..
Sightseers
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!
April 26, 2008
Festa di Vino
Pam Lapinski
Mary Lyn Kagan
June 6, 2008
PWR Annual Golf Tourn.
Gary Hardesty
Ken Morris
June 15—18, 2008 RI Convention, LA
Roger Gaskin
September 20, 2008 Brewfest
Tim Armstrong
Our visitors were
Jolan the Dog, Bill
Kelly, Jeff, and
Titus Thomas.
Birthdays
April B-day “babes”…
16—Mark Copeland
19—James Nelson
21—Dave Garese
21—Carl Naake
23—James Coulter
May B-day “darlings”…
6—David Black
7—Greg Garcia
8—Sande Monagan
8—Michelle Orrock
9—Carol Van Bruggen
13—Joan Mather
16—Scott Daulton
17—Lewis Knight
17—Tim Armstrong
Board Members, etc.!
President
23rd Term Board
Sergeant-atArms
Bud Ackerman
Bud Ackerman
Trish Harrington
President-Elect
John Valentine
RI Foundation Chairman
Charlene Drabant
Robert Ellis
Larry Suddjian
Immediate Past President
Dick Oliver
PWR Foundation Chairman
Doug Weill
Scott Graham
Keith Tronson
Treasurer
John DiGiusto
Speakers, Greeters & Invocators
Jamie Williams
Dan Haverty
Dick Prater; Russ Fujii & Dick Goodell
Secretary
Dan Hall
Membership
Jennifer Curtsinger
Robert Willett, Jr.
Mike Cendro, Mark Copeland, Dave Garese
& Jack Kasper
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Newsletter
Editors:
John Valentine
Mary Lyn Kagan
Rotary Club of Point West - Sacramento, CA
Rotary Club of Point West Sacramento CA
District 5180 - Club Number 22656
P.O. Box 15006
Sacramento, CA 95851-0006
Upcoming Speaker, Invocator, Greeters,
Tickets & Cashiers:
April 18, 2008—
Speaker—Nancy Malan
Sports Agent—Wasserman Media Group
Invocator—Keith Tronson
Greeter—Keith Tronson
Ticket Taker—Takes Money Home—
Kevin Valine
Money—TBA
April 25, 2008—
Speaker—Art Dorl
FBI
Service Before Self
Check out the Web
www.pointwestrotary.com
RE:
Gas
Today!
Invocator— Bob Tilly
Greeter— Dave Thimgan
Ticket Taker—Takes Money Home—
Toss Vallentine
Money—Kevin Valine
Gino’s Raffle
Cory Badgley was the winner of Gino’s
Raffle, $55 Big Ones!!
Way to go Cori...you go girl!!!!
Announcements
Missed a Meeting? Make it up…...
MONDAY
11:30—S. Sac Casa De Los Ninos
Noon—Oroville Depot Restaurant
Noon—Citrus Heights CH Comm Ctr
Noon—Foothill Highlands Lionsgate
Hotel—McClelland Park
Noon—Walnut Grove Wimpy’s Rest.
Noon—Radison, Sacramento Club
6:45—Fair Oaks F.O. Comm. Clubhouse
TUESDAY
7:00a—Mather/Perkins Mills Station
Community Hall
7:00a—Oroville-Sunrise Depot Rest.
7:00a—Sacto Breakfast, Ganul’s J St
7:00a—Sutter Buttes Bonanza Conv. Ctr
Noon—Arden Arcade Chateau Rest.
Noon—Rancho Cordova Elks Lodge
Noon—Roseville Sierra View CC
6:30p—Carmichael Café Capri Rest
WEDNESDAY
7:15a—Natomas Xcaret Rest
7:15a—Laguna/Elk Grove
Valley Hi Country Club
7:15a—El Dorado Hills EDH
Comm. Svc. Pavillion
Noon—Rocklin/Loomis
Whitney Country Club
Noon—E. Sac Zigatos Rest.
Noon—E.G. Vince’s Rest.
Noon—N. Sac Double Tree Hot.
5:30p—Midtown—Café Bernardo
2726 Capitol Avenue.
THURSDAY
7:00a—Roseville Sunrise Carrow’s
7:00a—Folsom 718 Sutter St, Ste. 200
12:15p– Sac. Cathedral Hall
1017 11th St. Sacramento
7:00p—Folsom Lew Howard Park
FRIDAY
7:00p—Orangevale La Placita Rest.
12:15p—Granite Bay Piatti’s
12:15p—W. Sac. Club Pheasant
 Lou Fifer – Bloody Week:
Lou shared that despite his being out of
town last week PWR had a huge blood donation turnout with 35 pints donated. This puts Point West at 168, Downtown
at 117.
Every day, there are people who count on blood to be available to help save lives. Accident victims, premature babies, people undergoing cancer treatment, organ recipients, and many others
rely on the generosity of blood donors to ensure that blood is available when it's needed .
 Dan Hall announced that the spring’s first Eagle Golf outing was a huge success, with Dewana
Ljung’s golf lesson being one of the highlights. Eagle Golf every Tuesday night at Haggin Oaks,
5:30p. LOTS of fun!!!
Upcoming PWR Board and Committee Meetings
Brewfest Committee:
Done 4 now!
Sweetwater Proj:
TBA
PWR Foundation:
RI Foundation:
Thur., Apr. 17th
TBA
7:00a—8:30a
Harrold Ford (Howe) Festa di Vino:
Apr. 10th
Benevolent Giving:
5:45—7:00p
Wed. Apr . 23rd
Zigatos
7:15a—8:30a
555 University Ave. RYL Awards:
Conference Center
TBA
RYE:
Wed., Apr. 16th
6:00p—7:30p
Clarion Hotel
Auburn & Fulton
Meetings (cont)
Public Relations:
TBA
PWR—BOARD
Tue. Apr. 1st
7:00—8:30a
AT&T Bldg.
2700 Watt Ave
(north entrance)