June 11, 2018 www.gvrotary.org Volume 92, Issue 36

Meeting Highlights 6/4/18 Speakers:

Dates to Remember:

Rotary Club of Grass Valley

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

Meeting location: Monday at 12:15 PM

Holbrooke Hotel, 212 W. Main St, 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

Field Trip to North Star Mining Museum 12 noon

Demotion @ Condon Park 5:30

Jon Byerrum & Holly Hermanson trekking Nepal

DARK

6/11

6/18

6/25

7/2

Rotary International Convention Toronto, Canada Kris’ first meeting as president District Governor Tina Spencer-Mulhern is visiting Reno—Day at the Aces game River Cats Game 5:00 pm from Kmart parking lot Avenue of Service Seminars location tbd Foundation Dinner

June 23-27 July 9 July 16 August 19 August 24 Sept 8 Oct 25

to Casino Night. The participants had such a good time they

donated $100 to Polio Plus!

Judy Wirkner had a Memorial Day celebration which was

highlighted by the ringing of a special bell which was a gift

from her husband. She thanked Ken Holbrook for donating

the bell to Casino Night so her husband could surprise her

with it on Valentine’s Day.

President Scott declared every member was a bell ringer for

the meeting.

The visiting Area District Governor Dennis Geare congratu-

lated the club for winning the highest honor - Club of the

Year in District 5190.

Pat Ward invited the members to a special lunch and tour at

North Star Mining Museum on Monday 6/11/18.

The Rotary field trip to the River Cats game will be August 24.

Please rsvp by 7/25 to join in the bus ride

to the game.

New Member Janet Ryan was inducted. The

honors were done by Carol Lenhard and Pat

Ward. Janet works in insurance, and having

lived in several different states, she had found

that Nevada County, CA is the best.

Jon Peek introduced the speaker, Wade Laughter. This was a

discussion about cannabis as an agricultural

plant and its beneficial medicinal properties. He

is a master cannabis cultivator known for identi-

fying and propagating the high-CBD cannabis

strain known as Harlequin. Through his foun-

dation, Harlequin House, he works with people

in need, continues his research, speaking and

activism to educate and promote the healing effects of cannabis.

Anita Daniels Eric Frederickson Seth Leishman John Peplowski

Tom Stanley Jerry Trammel Eric Trygg

President, Rotary International Ian H.S. Riseley

Rotary Theme 2017-2018 Rotary: Making a Difference

Governor, District 5190 Doug McDonald

Chartered March 16, 1925

The Spoke Officers Sergeant at Arms

Ken Holbrook

The Spoke Editor Kathy Egenes

Photographer

Fred Claessens

Board of Directors

President President Elect Vice President Secretary Treasurer

P. Scott Browne Kris Stepanian Marcia Salter Tim McCall Bob Long

Spoke Notes: Kathleen Shaffer

President Scott thanked members who performed the weekly du-

ties:

Pledge - Rick Utermoehlen

Thought for the Day - Joanne Osnas

Greeter - Chris Parks

Set Up - Ken Holbrook

The visiting Rotarians were introduced by Bob Long:

Mary Anne Davis

David Walker

Mark Lindsey

Assistant Governor Dennis Geare

The guests of Rotarians were:

Jean Molyneaux; Viv Tipton; Katie Sasha; Patricia Cohen; Honey

Anne Holbrook

Meeting Highlights:

Ron Parks stepped in for Fred as the meeting's photographer.

The students of Lyman Gilmore School were honored.

Recommended by their teacher were:

Evelyn Carlos, 5th grade

Jasmine Guymon, 6th grade

Arlo Baker,7th grade

Lupita Silva, 8th grade

The Physical Education award

went to Forrest Harrison for

setting a new record time in

the 1 mile.

Acknowledgement and thank you’s

went to the Lyman Gilmore Leader-

ship Club for their participation in the

Rotary Bike Challenge. Bob Long

and Diana Hendry presented the

school club, which has 60 members, a

check for $800. Marie Kittle and Lisa

Love are the club's advisors. Marie

thanked Diana Hendry for her assistance and advisement to the

club. She was presented a plant as a thank you for her ser-

vice. Also recognized were Josiah Sax and Connor Mozeman of

the Gilmore Student News Network. Rotary

will also be making a contribution to the

group this year.

Announcements:

Lee and Joanne Osnas recently hosted

a pizza party that was their contribution