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Program for Friday September 5, 2003

District Governor Connie Crawford

Connie Crawford is a passionate Rotarian and retired educator who lives in the small, rural mountain community of Dunsmuir in far northern California. She joined the Rotary Club of Dunsmuir in 1994 and became club president in 1998. That year her club tied for District 5160 Outstanding Small Club, living up to their motto, “We may be small, but we do it all.” Rotary District highlights for Connie include serving as the District Youth Exchange Chair, Assistant Governor, and Membership Director. Connie is a Paul Harris Fellow and a Foundation Benefactor.

Connie has one son, Sean Quinney Trippi, a planner for the city of Vacaville, California. Sean is married to Michelle and they have a daugher, Bradie. Connie has a stepson, Terry Crawford, and a grandson, Kyle. She also has a stepdaugher, Karen Kinyoun, and a granddaughter, Kelly.

Connie attended University of Texas, El Paso along with PRIP Frank Devlyn and then San Jose State University where she majored in education. In Dunsmuir, Connie taught several subjects and culminated her career as the business teacher in a school of fewer than 150 students, many of whom she says has influenced her life as much as she has theirs.

Door Duty: Gloria Johnston and Dave Ninomiya

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Program for Friday September 12, 2003

TBA

Door Duty: Pam Jones and John Nicol

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Program of August 29, 2003

Dr. Joseph Marshall, Jr., PhD

The More You Know, The More You Owe. The more you owe it to society to share that knowlege and make the world a better place. Dr. Marshall is doing that today through his Omega Boys Club by providing young men and women with an escape from a life of durgs, violence, incarceration and ultimately death. Through this organization, founded in March of 1987, Marshall has helped send more than 235 young men and women to college supported by the Omega Boys Club Academic Scholarship Fund. To date 83 Omegas have graduated from college and 80 Omegas are currently in colleges across the country.

Please visit www.street-soldiers.or g for more information on this great organzation.

Important Dates
09/10/03 Board Meeting 12 Noon
09/12/03 Club Meets at La Strada in San Pablo
11/28/03 No Meeting
12/05/03 Holiday Auction
12/11/03 Holiday Party
01/25/04 Annual Reno Train Trip

Where to Make Up
San Rafael   Monday       12:15 Seafood Peddler
Albany        Tuesday       12:30 Mira Vista G&CC
El Sobrante Tuesday       12:15 Joe's of El Sobrante
Berkeley     Wednesday 12:15 His Lordships
Hercules     Wednesday   7:15 am Hercules Senior Center
San Pablo   Wednesday 12:15 San Pablo Casino
El Cerrito    Thursday       12:15 Mira Vista G&CC
Pinole         Thursday      12:30 Outback Steak House
Vallejo        Thursday      12:15 World Holiday Inn

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Last Week
An impressive number of loyal Rotarians turned out today on what would normally be a lightly attended pre-holiday meeting. President Stoney opened with a silent prayer for freedom and peace on earth. Charlie Wong then led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. The thought for the day revolved around Prez Stoney's location on his 21st birthday and Dr. Martin Luther King's momentous "I Have a Dream" speach.
That dream is coming true. Let's see what we can all do to speed it up!

Visiting Rotarians
Mr. P. K. Paul visited us all the way from Bangkok, Thailand. His classification is Pulp and Paper.

Guests
President Stoney brought guest Rhonda Harris to her second meeting as well as Thomas Cameron.

Special Event
Governor Connie Crawford will make her official visit to our club on Friday September 5th at noon. President Stoney would like to make sure that you and your spouse and/or sweetheart will attend this most important and festive meeting. We will be meeting in the big room so please help us fill it up. An informal cocktail reception is planned for 11 AM. See you there!

Sunshine Report
David K announced that Leah Schwarz was recovering nicely from cataract surgery with the help of her lovely nurse Werner.

Announcements
1 .The September 12th meeting will be at La Strada.
2. Our Prez is promoting membership this year and the drive is on. All members are encouraged to bring friends and potential Rotarians to upcoming meetings. Growing the size of Rotary is one way to advance the Polio Plus campaign.
3. The board of Directors will meet next Friday, 10:00 am at Mira Vista with Governor Connie.

Recognitions
Erle and Phyllis Brown celebrated 44 years of wedded bliss
on Friday. Erle had some dough for his daughter's Paul Harris. President Stoney had a birthday on Thursday and also donated to his daughter's Paul Harris

Happy/Sad $$
Big Dan E was happy to, get rid of, I mean, see his son Phil off to college in Humboldt as well as revisiting the beautiful California coast for a week. Don Lau was happy that the Easter Hill project got some good press and recognized Don Hardison for his involvement. Don Hardison then gave a brief summary for those who were uninformed followed by Tom Butt's account of some missing goats. Judy Kafka was glad to report that long time friend to the club Shannon McGowan
was recovering from the removal of benign brain tumors.

Raffle
Judy Kafka's name was pulled but alas she grabbed a white ball for a free lunch. $90 rolls into next week's pot.

Door Duty Reminder
9/19/03 Judith Kafka and Judith Morgan
9/26/03 Henry Kelman and Donald Miller
10/3/03 John Medlock
10/10/03 David Kuchenthal
10/17/03 Donald Lau and Bud Martin
10/24/03 Jonathan Lawlis and Norman Lundberg
10/31/03 Leslie Levy and Oscar Lugo