We heard an interesting program from Nevada County Sheriff Office’s Sgt Bill Netherby on the County’s search and rescue operation, including slides of a recent rescue of a snowshoe-er who got lost for 3 days near Boreal. The sheer amount of volunteer people-power and the amount of technology brought to bear by the NCSO and its mutual-aid partners, including the military reserve forces, is impressive. It also served as a reminder of what our tax dollars pay for and how not to make use of those services! Thanks to Walt Stickel for hosting such an interesting program.
We also heard heart-felt comments from former Louisianan Ron Knaus about the environment impacts of the Gulf Oil leak and had an interesting discussion of member news. We spent some time celebrating our many awards at the District Conference held in Reno on May 21st to 23rd. We came away with 9 plaques to add to our Club banner, two certificates, a ribbon, and four nominations (i.e., honorable mentions)! Congratulations to everyone in the Club who contributed to our success. We had a great year! Again, thanks to all who made this possible. We have a vibrant Club because of all of you and all you do. Here’s what we hauled in:
Nominations (4): Best Bulletin; Avenue of Service Award for Community Service; Foundation Giving Total; Vocational Service Project of the Year.
Wins (9 plaques and two certificates): Best Gain in Membership; Avenue of Service Awards for Club, International and Vocation Service; Foundation Giving Annual; International Service Project of the Year (the Batwa water, sanitation and dairy goat project); Club Service Project of the Year (membership recruitment and retention effort); Rotarians at Work Day Project of the Year (historic cemeteries clean-up); Presidential Citation (only 25 of 53 Clubs got this in 2010 due to difficulties meeting the net-plus-1 membership goal); Club of Excellence (among all medium sized Clubs in District 5190); and Area President of the Year (among all 6 Club Presidents in Western Nevada County).
Other wins (2) are an “Outstanding” for our Club Display in the Hall of Friendship and a win for Area 4 for the Best Hospitality Suite (out of 12 Areas) with special kudos to Austin Farrar and Janeille Litton (of the Nevada County South club) for their hard work to put the suite, décor, food, and libations together.
Mark your calendars for the Annual Demotion Dinner Party – June 26th from 6 to 9 at the Oddfellows Lodge(please note the new venue). I am forbidden to know the theme and the details, but Bob Buhlis or Dixie Redfearn will be happy to share when you see them. It is $25 a head. Please sign up at the Club meeting or shoot an email to Bob at FaBuhlis@NewPress.com or Dixie at dixierefearn@att.net.
We also have an interesting program coming up on Thursday – Grass Valley Rotarian Bobbie Swanson will host a presentation by Valentina Olibaras, a RYE student visiting from Chile. It will be an interest program. Be there!
