Events

For those who can join us, we are gathering for lunch in the main dining room at Bistro 221 to reconnect for fellowship and lunch. We will order off the menu.  No program or other Rotary business.  

Please contact Chris 530 913-2922 or chris.newsom1@gmail.com so she can make a reservation by early Wednesday.

POSTPONED - TBD WATCH FOR DETAILS

While we are looking forward to an energizing keynote by Rotary International Director Vicki Puliz, due to the latest snow storm our Area 4 Foundation Dinner is being postponed. Watch our Rotario for updates.

A long-time Rotary member from the Rotary Club of Sparks and our own District 5190, Vicki is a vibrant energizer and fabulous speaker.  Vicki serves as the Rotary International Director for the term 2021-2023, one of 17 directors from around the world. In 2022-2023, Vicki is a member of the Board’s Executive Committee, chair of the RI Participant Experience/Program Committee, and Board liaison to the RI Strategic Planning Committee and Youth Advisory Council.  A proud member of the Rotary Club of Sparks, Nevada, Vicki served as club president in 2004-2005, as Governor for District 5190 in 2013-2014, and as a Rotary Public Image Coordinator 2016-2019.

Vicki’s passion for leadership development has led to involvement in many aspects of education and development including District Trainer for District 5190, International Assembly Training Leader, Governor Elect Training Seminar (GETS) chair, and faculty and Education Chair for Far West President Elect Training (PETS).

Her most impactful experiences in Rotary are those involving youth: Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), co-creation of a leadership program for 12–13-year-olds, Rotary Youth Exchange, and introduction of experiential team building processes to a RYLA camp in Benin, Africa. 

For those not going to Los Barriles!

Music in the Mountains and area Rotary clubs are again collaborating to conduct their two competitions jointly as the Rotary/Music in the Mountains Young Musicians Competition (YMC)!

Due to extended storm impacts, the Showcase Concert of finalists at St Joseph’s Cultural Center in Grass Valley has been canceled. The Rotary winner will compete at District conference on Saturday April 29.

Deputy Sheriff Dennis Haack will  present how volunteers in the Sheriff's Office offer their talents, skills, abilities and dedication to provide services to their community. Our Volunteers epitomize our Community Orientated Policing philosophy. They are involved in many aspects of our day to day operations, and continue to be an invaluable resource to the department and our community.

Jim will share personal life stories... including the Truth about the Computer Mouse.

Consumer devices contribute to the world’s fastest growing waste stream.

The largest lithium and cobalt mines in the western hemisphere can be found in our country’s junk drawers. If we recover materials from old products, we significantly decrease society’s reliance on newly mined materials.

Solution

Redwood Materials and Rotary Clubs of Western Nevada County are co-hosting our second community Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling collection in the parking lot of the Nevada County Rood Center from 10:00am - 2:00pm on Saturday April 15, 2023.

If recycled, your lithium-ion batteries and rechargeable devices can decrease global reliance on mining and lower the cost and environmental impact of our products.

Join us for a fun plant-rich, plant-based Potluck this Thursday at 5:30pm.  Bring plenty to share with fellow Rotarians and SAEL Interactor students and parents!. 

Bring your own place settings like we always did for our Fair picnic, beverage of choice, and a yummy potluck dish to share!

Contact Judy or Cathy with questions or for more information!

Music in the Mountains is hosting its 42 Annual Summer Fest productions June 17-Jul3, 2023.  Executive Director Jenny Darlington will share the calendar events.

Visit District 5190 for conference details and registration:  https://district5190.org/page/2023-district-conference

Continuing our partnership with the Food Bank:

9AM -10AM-packing

10AM - 12Noon- distribution

Meet at the top of the steps at 5:30pm.  Please be PROMPT!!

Special welcome for Nevada City Rotary by Mt St Mary's Academy - host Karen McDonald

We'll be sending an agenda and more info as we get closer to the date.

Co- Presidents Cathy, Karen and Doug

Details to come

Area 4 Community Awards Event will be held at Miner’s Foundry, 5:30-7:00PM.  We are anticipating a food cost of ~$20 per person. Area 4 will recognize Business of the Year; Citizen of the Year; and Volunteer of the Year

Lynda Guthrie recently returned from a heartwarming visit with students that she and our Club sponsor in Guatemala.  She comes back with news and personal greetings from the girls.  Meet Wendy again through photos!

Join us for a morning of leadership and expanding Club impact training as we look to our upcoming 2023-2024 Rotary year with DGE Stacy Graham.  Pick your location on Zoom. Click to REGISTER now.

Aimee Retzler, Executive Director, co-founded Sierra Harvest after she had lunch with her kindergartner at school and noticed how much food was going to waste leaving kids hungry. She was curious as to why a community that is surrounded by an abundance of agriculture, wasn’t feeding kids nutrient-dense, locally grown foods that were delivered in an educational way.  Her passion for making sure kids get the best food possible is what fueled her to begin the farm-to-school program in Nevada County.  She has guided the activities of Sierra Harvest since October 2008, building the organization from a grassroots community coalition to a sustainable nonprofit.   

Before Ray became Rotary District 5180 Governor for the year 2019-2020, he realized that he had an interesting and unique background growing up and living in different parts of the US. Due to his background, he has met and become friends with a variety of individuals from different ethnic, religious, and gender backgrounds and was able to get along with them.

This program is about what Ray has learned from these experiences and his perceptions of how to move forward in an environment of detest and distrust. Join us as Ray leads a very important discussion on different aspects of conversations and how conversions can be used to find solutions.

Sierra Spivack, a student at SAEL academy is a Rotary Youth Exchange Outbound Student sponsored by Penn Valley Rotary.  Sierra is headed to Italy this Fall.  It was through Cathy and our Interact team's encouragement that she applied to be an RYE student in Italy next year. 

5:00pm  Social

6:00pm Dinner and Program

More details at Annual Demotion Party

Horseman's Lodge
10600 Bubbling Wells Rd - off Brunswick Rd Behind River Valley Bank
Grass Valley, CA 95945

Next step: install irrigation lines. We plan to go out on Tuesday mornings and work on irrigation from 7:30 a.m. until about 9:30 a.m. Show up at a time that works for you!!!

Contact Cathy if you can join her at BakBraken Acres at 14283 Judy Lane (off Powerline) in Chicago Park.

Refreshments will be served.

As we launch our new Rotary year, you are invited to an afternoon of friendship and discovery.

Club Service Chairs will be on hand to discuss their committee activities. You will be able to interact with them, have your questions answered, and join committees of your choices and interests!

Refreshments will be served.

When: Saturday July 8

11am - 1pm

Where: Soldavini Home

11786 Tree Top Circle

Nevada City (Banner Mtn)

With visiting presidents from Area 4 Clubs.

Please  RSVP with lunch order.

Melisa was born and raised in Charlotte, NC. She practiced radiology in various settings from 1991 to 2019, most recently as owner of Insight Imaging providing low cost imaging and education to women in our community. She retired to pursue medical mission work.

Mark was raised in the Bay Area. He practiced Family Medicine and later Emergency Medicine between 1988 and 2020. He practiced locally and most recently at Rideout Hospital in Marysville. He retired to pursue work in medical missions.

Melisa and Mark have two adult children, Daniel and Luke who live in Berkeley and Calca, Peru respectively.

All Hands On Deck for an Area 4 Rotary Work Day at the Nevada County Fair.  

All Hands On Deck for an Area 4 Rotary Work Day at the Nevada County Fair.  

Enjoy Louise's first craft talk with Nevada City Rotary.

Louise has been a Rotarian since 1998 serving at least twice as Club President in the Rotary Clubs of Clear Lake and Ribon, CA. She was a member of Nevada City 49er Rotary before transfering to our Club this Fall.

Louise and her husband Jeff moved to Nevada City in July 2013 when Louise was hired as superintendent of the Nevada Joint Union High School District. A lifelong learner, teacher and coach, Louise has recently retired from a 34-year career in public education. She is deeply engaged in our community as a lifelong educator and currently serves on the Nevada County Board of Education and Boards of NJUHS Foundation, Sierra Streams Institute, and other organizations.

Gil Mathew has enjoyed a long career in business and sales.  Starting in 1969 with Eocom Corporation as financial analyst.  This start up company in optics and sensors was shortly purchased by Perkin-Elmer after growing it to a multi-million dollar company.  
 

He then moved into the mortgage banking business with Uni-Cal Mortgage and then his own mortgagecompany Benchmark Financial.  Then an opportunity became available to start his own manufacturing company that became Benchmark Thermal, manufacturing and distributing industrial heating systems to the semi-conductor industry and other OEMs.

Gil sold that business after 25 years and accepted the position of CEO of the Nevada County Economic Resource Council doing economic and community development for the County of Nevada.  

Gil’s s next career was in the alternative energy business as a co-owner of EnPower Systems, Inc.  this company maintains sales and marketing of energy systems from Photovoltaic to wind energy to micro-hydro, serving both the on-grid market and the off-grid market 

Most currently Gil has rejoined the ERC as Executive Director.  Gil is a member of Nevada City 49er Breakfast Rotary and a former member of our Club.

Rio Linda defaulted due to scheduling conflict.

So sorry but congratulations to Nevada Union Freshman Football team for a WiN with the default of their first game of the season!