Rotary International Theme 2024-2025	THE ROWEL Rotary Club of Durham		Rotary International President: Gordon McInally Rotary District 5160 Governor: Clair Roberts Durham Rotary President: Glenn Pulliam _____________ Editor: Phil Price Publisher:  Jen Liu
	October 4, 2024	Crab Feed 2025 Will be held on Date: January 25, 2025

The Meeting Opening We met in the commons room of the newly constructed/reconstructed Durham Intermediate School. The meeting wascalled to order by President Peggi. Peggi asked Eric Hoiland to lead the pledge, which he did.  Larry Bradley then led us in singing “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” Following that, Jim Patterson presented the invocation. Mike Crump was then asked to recite the 4-Way Test, which he did, as follows: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build good will and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

President Peggi will be attending a Durham Community Foundation meeting, next Monday, to discuss our District grant of project for an audio-visual system at the Memorial Hall.  The project will begin shortly and, hopefully, be done by the Crab Feed.

Durham Rotarian of the Month

President Peggi, after reciting, with some exaggeration, all the things I haves done for Durham Rotary,including my work on the Harvest Festival and my doing the Rowel for many years.

Actually, I was asked to do the Rowel in 1994 by Don Bowlby, during his year as President of Durham Rotary.  I was supposed to be limited to the one year he was president. That was our agreement.  He has been dead for years and I am still doing the Rowel.  In looking at a copy of the January 16, 1995 Rowel I note that Jim Patterson has been doing the invocations even longer than I have been doing the Rowel.  Note that the Rowel was not emailed or posted on a web page in those days.  Copied were run off on a Xerox copy machine and mailed to each member.

If anyone is interested in the history of Durham Rotary, I have all the Rowels back to my first one on July 18, 1994.

Anyway, thank you for the Rotarian of the Month Award.

Club Secretary Presentation

Peggi then presented Diana Selland with Rotary International’s Club Secretary book to assist her as our Club Secretary.

Introduction of Visitors

Later in the meeting our Student of the Month, Kevin Ocana, appeared, with his family, Rafael Ocana(father), Hermelinda Linarez (mother) and Edi Ocana (sister).  Also with then was Alex Hernandez an interpreter on the Durham Unified School District staff.

Student of the Month.

Larry Bradley, after spending a lot of time talking about his accomplishments, presented the Student of the Month for September to Kevin Ocana

Recognitions

Larry Bradley had his birthday on September 30^th.  He contributed $10.

Eric Hoiland was having, what he believed was his 17^th wedding anniversary.  He contributed $34..

John Bohannon volunteered that he was celebrating the anniversary of  his first date with his wife by going to see “Wicked”.  He contributed $10 

Tonight’s Meeting Program

Tonight’s meeting was John Bohannon talking about all the work that has been done on the Intermediate School.  This work was accomplished with funds from Measure X approved in 2018.  There is still more work to be done on the Intermediate School and the High School.  The District is hoping for approval of Measure B on the current ballot.  For details on work done and to be done, go on the District’s web site.

John also took us on a tour of many of the new and/or rebuilt rooms in the Intermediate School

Our Next Meeting

It will be on October 22^nd at the BCCC.   It will be a visit from the District Governor.  At 5:00 pm there will be a Board Meeting with the District Governor

Membership

Bring guests who you think you can interest in becoming a member.  Your dinner and your guest’s dinner will be paid for by the Club.  Also, bring a guest to one of our occasional social gatherings.

The Rotary Foundation Donations

You can make a difference in this world by helping people in need. Your gift can do some great things, from supplying filters that clean people’s drinking water to empowering local entrepreneurs to grow through business development training.

The Rotary Foundation will use your gift to fund the life-changing work of Rotary members who provide sustainable solutions to their communities’ most pressing needs. But we need help from people like you who will take action and give the gift of Rotary to make these projects possible.

When every Rotarian gives every year, no challenge is too great for us to make a difference. The minimum gift to The Rotary Foundation is $25.00.   An annual $100.00 gift is a sustaining member.  Once your donations accumulate to $1,000 you become a Paul Harris Fellow.

If you have any questions ask Steve Heithecker.

It is possible to learn more about The Rotary Foundation on the Rotary web site. 

Your gift can be made online or by sending Jessica Thorpe a check made out to The Rotary Foundation to Durham Rotary, P.O. Box 383, Durham, California 95958.

Must Be Present to Win Drawing:

Steve Plume drew Roy Ellis’ name.  He was not present to win.

Peggi then closed the meeting.

From District 5160

Candidates for District Governor

World Peace Conference – January 24-26, 2025, Rohnert Park (Sonoma Wine Country)

World class speakers including RI Past President Jennifer Jones, panelists, instructors and others working in the field of peace are coming together for the region's first ever Rotary Peace Conference on January 24-26. Registration opens Aug 31 atPeace25.org

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From Rotary International’s News and Features Website

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Clubs donate supplies, raise funds, and volunteer

By Arnold R. Grahl and Etelka Lehoczky

Ed Hallock thought he knew what a hurricane could do. Then Helene hit the Gulf Coast of Florida.

“I have been here 35 years, and this is the worst storm I have ever seen,” says Hallock, a member of the Rotary Club of Seminole Lake, Florida, USA. “We had a couple of Rotary members who really got hammered.”

A Category 4 hurricane, Helene battered areas in and around the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and parts of the United States’ Eastern Seaboard during the last week of September. Storm surges and heavy rains produced extreme flooding throughout the region. More than 200 people have died in the U.S. states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Other countries and areas that experienced severe flooding include the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Honduras, and Mexico.

Sandra Lilo, another member of the Seminole Lake club, says she’s lucky that her house wasn’t destroyed.

“Of the 80 houses on my street, probably 78 took water. I and my next-door neighbor did not,” she says. “Some of my neighborstook 4 feet of water. There are 2 or 3 feet of muck in most people’s houses.”

Even if they and their fellow club members weren’t directly affected, Rotary members all over the southeastern U.S. immediately offered funds, supplies, and their own labor. Many members are helping to remove sodden drywall and flooring from flood-damaged houses.

“You have to get the wet stuff out as fast as you can to prevent mold,” Hallock says. “Otherwise, it destroys the whole living space.”

The Rotary Club of Dunedin North, Florida, USA, rented a 26-foot moving truck to collect donations. It’s full of shovels and rakes, cases of water, garbage bags, and utility knives to cut up and remove wet carpet. The club has set up four distribution centers where people can get supplies.

“This is why you are a Rotarian,” says Mark Middleton, a member of the Dunedin North club and a district governor-nominee.Dunedin North has five members whose homes were destroyed.

“We have multiple clubs going to homes, mucking out and gutting these houses. Dry wall has to be cut out as high as the water line,and all flooring has to be cut out,” Middleton says. “What a blessing it is that we can help and be there for them. You become close to your Rotary family.When we can support and help each other, it becomes impactful.”

Many Rotary clubs are collecting and distributing supplies, raising funds, and assisting those affected by Hurricane Helene. Here is information about some of the efforts:

• The Florida Rotary districts’ disaster relief page is posting information about various initiatives.
• Rotary Zones 33 and 34 are collecting donations for disaster relief.
• Rotary District 6950 in Florida is providing Instagram updates on relief efforts.
• The Rotary Club of Babcock Ranch, Florida, USA, is collecting supplies.
• The Rotary Club of Empowering Our Girls is donating menstrual hygiene supplies.
• The Rotary Club of Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA, is sharing disaster relief information.
• The Rotary Club of Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, USA, is assisting neighbors.
• The Rotary Club of Zebulon, North Carolina, USA, is seeking volunteers and supplying toiletries.

Donate to Rotary’s Disaster Response Fund, and find a Rotary club near you.

— October 2024