Stan Hewitt Presents!

by rotary on January 18, 2012

Announcements:

Bruce McCall gave an update on The Pathway Home. There is a request to any local restaurant owners to occasionally provide meals to the Pathway residents, doesn’t have to be fancy, but would be a welcome break form the chow hall. See Bruce for more information.

Brenda Perry is coordinating the food for a super bowl party at the Pathway Home, see Brenda if you would like to contribute.

Tim Cooney announced that sign ups for the Crab Feed, January 28 are under way. See Brenda Perry to rsvp. Wear your Mardi-Gras themed attire!

Ed Barwick gave an update on the progress of the new Theatres in south Napa. The theatres are due to open this Labor Day. One of the first steps, obtain the proper permits, Ed reported that the total cost of permitting the project is $564,057, or 5.4% of the $10.5 million dollar project.

Dorothy Lind Salmon and Gary Rose were recognized for their recent awards given by the Queen of the Valley Hospital Foundation

Welcomed New Rotarian, Nancy Lewis

Celebrated January Birthdays

Kent Gardella introduced our speaker, Stan Hewitt, who spoke about his career in energy management and the current state of the world’s energy resources.

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Napa’s Agricultural Commissioner

by rotary on January 4, 2012

Our first meeting of 2012 featured speaker Dave Whitmer, Napa County Agriculture Commissioner.  Dave spoke largely about to enormous task of controlling pests that threaten the wine industry.  Dave is a very accomplished speaker and fielded a number of questions.  Our thanks to him for taking time out to speak to us.

We have received a membership application from Nancy Lewis-Heliotes.  Nancy is a financial advisor with Citi Personal Wealth Management in Napa.  She is sponsored by Alecia Hancock.  The board invites your comments.

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Business Meeting

December 14, 2011

Tim Cooney led the Pledge of Allegiance The ladies of Rotary led the club in a round of “Jingle Bells.” Tom Nelson played the Grinch. The “thought of the day” shared by President Jim was, “ I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the [...]

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Pearl Harbor Day

December 7, 2011

-Our speaker for today was Chris Piper.   Chris is a former member of our club and served as club president.  He currently heads the Napa Police Volunteer program which he described to us in detail.  Excellent program, excellent speaker.

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Craft Talks

November 30, 2011

It was craft talk day. -Lee Niesh began be describing his journey which has landed him in Napa as Pastor of the Napa First United Methodist Church. -Norm Alumbaugh followed, regaling us with stories of his career and, in particular, with tales of his experiences with airplanes. -John Prescott of Bank of Marin spoke about [...]

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Veterans Day

November 9, 2011

Our meeting was devoted to honoring our veterans. Pres. Elect Kent introduced Bill and Mary Shea, parents of Cpl. Timothy M. Shea. Cpl. Shea, an Army Ranger, was killed in Iraq in August of 2005. Mrs. Shea spoke about her son and showed pictures of his life. The club then presented a Paul Harris certificate [...]

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Bullrider

November 2, 2011

-We officially welcomed Lee Neish to our club. Lee is the Pastor at the First United Methodist Church of Napa and he has transferred from the Rotary Club of Los Gatos. -Our speaker for the day was Suzanne Morgan Williams. She is author of Bull Rider. The book, a novel, concerns a veteran returning from [...]

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Old Newsletters

November 1, 2011

October 11: 12 05 September 11: 28 21 14 07 August 11: 17 10 03 July 11: 27 20 13 06 June 11: 29 22 15 08 01 May 11: 25 18 11 04 April 11: 27 20 13 06 March 11: 30 23 16 09 02 February 11: 23 16 09 02 January 11: [...]

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