March 2, 2020 www.gvrotary.org Volume 94, Issue 27

North Star House - Howard Levine Meeting moved to Wednesday 3/11 for the area speech contest Megan Timpany, CEO United Way Nevada County Student of Month, Christina Giffin SOS Career Pathway Partners Evening Social - 95th Anniversary of GV Rotary

3/2 3/9 3/16 3/23 3/30

March 5 March 10 March 7 March 11 March 14 March 15 March 21 March 28 Apr 23-26 May 14 June 6-10 June 13

Supt. of Schools Speech Tournament Prelim. Calvary Bible Supt. of Schools Speech Finals at Nevada Theater Work day at Union Hill School Area Speech Contest - GV Methodist Church - takes the place of our weekly Monday meeting on 3/9 Tentative work party at Lyman Gilmore School Hungry Games II, fundraiser for NC Rotary @ Miners Foundry Preliminaries Area Music Contest Finals Area Music Contest District Conference Rallye 5190 @ the Nugget Sparks, NV Rotary Area 4 & GV Chamber Mixer Rotary International Convention - Honolulu, HI Gold Country Bike Challenge

Judy Bagley Don Daniels

Larry Faller Kathleen Shaffer Tom Stanley Kris Stepanian

President, Rotary International Mark Daniel Maloney

Rotary Theme 2019-2020 Theme Rotary Connects the World

Governor, District 5190 Randy VanTassell

Chartered March 16, 1925

The Spoke Officers Sergeant at Arms

Ken Holbrook

The Spoke Editor Kathy Egenes

Photographer Fred Claessens

Executive Secretary Tim McCall

Board of Directors

President President Elect Vice President Secretary Treasurer

Marcia Salter Seth Leishman Eric Frederickson Pat Ward Bob Long

Spoke Notes: Christian Eggleton

Rotary Club of Grass Valley

P.O. Box 1213 – Grass Valley, CA 95945

Meeting location: Monday at 12:15 PM

Wild Eye Pub, 535 Mill Street, GV

Make Up Meetings

Members who miss a regular meeting

may make-up by attending any other

Rotary club’s meeting within 14 days

before or after the missed meeting.

Tuesday

7:00 a.m. Grass Valley South,

Grass Valley Courtyard Suites —

6pm social last Tues of month

12:00 Auburn, Auburn Elks Lodge

12:15 Penn Valley, Players Pizza

5:00 Auburn Sunset, Sierra Grill

E-makeup: www.rotaryeclubone.org

Wednesday

7:00 a.m. 49er Breakfast Club,

Trolley Junction, Nevada City

Thursday

12:15 Auburn Gold Country

The Ridge Golf Course

12:00 Nevada City, Trolley Junction

Except 1st & 3rd Thurs @

5:30pm

Team Captain for February was Chris Parks

Pledge of Allegiance – Monty East; Thought for the Day –

Monty East (Winston Churchill) “You make a living by what

you get, you make a life by what you give”

Greeter – Pam Mirkin; Sergeant at Arms -- Ken Holbrook

Assistant Sgt at Arms – Monty East; Audio/Visual – Jona-

than Walker

There were no visiting Rotarians this week. We did, howev-

er, have Kim Zwick’s son, Ty, join us again.

Announcements:

Kim Zwick: Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Founda-

tion bottles for donations are on the tables

Also, March team members, please respond to Kim’s

email for assignments

George Grayeb: Update on Tom Lathrop, getting bet-

ter at home, he would like visitors, please call first

John Peplowski: Music contest March 21 need volun-

teers (not on 28th)

Carol Lenhard: Bob is at home, visitors welcome,

please call first

Wyn Spiller: Foundation dinner Apr 23rd associated

with RallyE, with speaker from Belize

Program: Club level Rotary Speech Contest

Rules: Time: 5-7 min, judges and timekeepers peppered

throughout the room.

Theme: Making connections as we create lasting change

First speaker: Hannah West, junior at Ghidotti, she is on

track team (pole vaulting), likes baking, learning sign lan-

guage.

Second speaker: Lilian, junior at Ghidotti, also is a dancer

Third speaker: Kendall Vanderwow, student a Ghidotti, likes

linguistics. She is going to Sweden as a Rotary exchange

student.

March Birthdays Chris Parks Mar 8 John Peplowski Mar 14 Anniversaries Al & Marilyn Alstrand 63 years Scott & Lori Spencer 33 years Monty & Judy East 29 years Scott & Angie McFarland 20 years Bobbie Swanson & Jack 16 years Rotary Anniversaries Lee Osnas 36 years Kathy Egenes 22 years Kim Zwick 21 years Ray Enneking 20 years Bobbie Swanson 18 years Sandra Barrington 7 years

Confessions:

Larry McGrath: went fishing in Patagonia

Marcia Salter: attended a Blake Shelton concert in Sac

Viv Tipton: attended a Marcia Ball & Sonny Landreth concert

All were appropriately fined.

Raffle Winner: Kathy Egenes: white marble

District Newsletter March 2020