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FUTURE
MEETINGS: Meetings
will be at the location noted, at 6:00 pm.
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June
9th: At BCCC - Updates on Butte College by
President Virginia Guleff & Executive Director Linda
Zorn
June
23rd: A Summer Social hosted by Imogen Hinds at
2575 Burdick Road in Durham
July
14th: A Club Assembly, led by Tom.
July
28th : At BCCC but the program in unknown.
Aug
11th: At BCCC but the program in unknown.
Aug
25th : At BCCC. Larry will present
the Camp Royal students.
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Announcements
Glenn
Pulliam announced that KR would be 101 on June 4th.
He suggested that we should recognize him at the meeting closest to
his birthday. The closestmeeting is June 9th.
The
meeting of June 23rd, which would normally be the demotion
meeting, will be a Summer Social at Imogen’s house. We are not
having a demotion this year. Tom will continue as president for
one more year. See below:
The Program
Part
One:
The
first
part of the program was Sue Levi and Rich Bauman who spoke about
theGlenwood house and the Ranch. The house will be 150 years old
next year. It is generally in good shape. But needs work on the
exterior. The adjacent tank house does need work. If they
can get sufficient donations they plan on getting the work done in
time for next year’s 150 year celebration.
Here
is a thank you note from Sue Levi to Steve Heithecker in response to
our visit and donation:
Hi Steven,
Not sure if you are the right person to thank. But on behalf
of Patrick Ranch Museum, thank you to the Durham Rotary for the very
generous gift last evening. We are extremely thrilled to have
these funds which will let us repair and paint the Midway white fence.
There may even be enough left over to cover repairs of white
picket fence surrounding the Glenwood Farmhouse.
And thank you for the meal. Rich and I enjoyed speaking with
your group and look forward to continuing the warm relationship with
Durham Rotary.
We forgot to mention last evening that the crazy weekend winds tore
down over half of our sponsor driveway banners. Fortunately, none were
permanently damaged and all will be re-installed again soon. It
would have been nice to have them in place for your club membership to
view, especially you and the Bradleys who have banners in the mix.
It’s a nice way to recognize our donor support. In fact, we
are awaiting 4 new donor banners from our printer. They will be
added soon.
It was always great seeing you. Thank you again for your
generous and ongoing support of Patrick Ranch Museum!!
Sincerely,
Sue Levi
Part
Two:
The
second part of the program was a discussion of planning for the
Harvest
Festival,
which
will be on September 20th. Glenn had a list of the
various elements of the Harvest Festival and sough volunteers to take
care of each one.
The
list is as follows with the names of those who volunteered:
Sept.
20, 2026 Harvest Festival
Initial
Meeting
May
19, 2026
We
went over roles, who is responsible for:
Calling
meetings-
Glenn
Breakfast-
Glenn / Larry
Lunch-
Larry / Glenn
Car
Show- Tom / Peggi
Craft
show- Diana
Parking-
Eric / Ravi?
Ticket
sales- Jessica
Sponsorships-
Steve H / Larry
Advertising-
Steve P
Interact
liaison-
Diana
Work
schedule- Glenn / Imogen
Placing
road signs- ?
Liquor
license-
Jen
Trash
& porta potties- Larry
PA
system, chairs & recycling- John
Golf
carts- Daryle
Request
help from Chico & Paradise clubs- Peggi / Glenn
Contact
Chico Locker- Larry
Sierra
Nevada donation request- Glenn
Entertainment-
Mike / Tom
Pro
Pacific- Jen
Rotary
Booth- Steve / Mike / Imogen
Farmers
Market Rotary Booth- Peggi / Imogen
Bounce
House- ?
Check
on youth activities possibility- Rebekah
Park
Reservation -Diana
Captain
Bob’s – Larry
The
next meeting regarding the Harvest Festival will be on June 16,
11:00 am via ZOOM
Recognitions
None
tonight.
Must
Be Present to Win Drawing:
None tonight.
Next Meeting
The
next meeting, will be on June 9th at the BCCC. I have
not been informed as to the program.
Membership
Bring
guests who you think you can interest in becoming a member. We Need More Members! Your
dinner and your guest’s dinner will be paid for by the Club.
Also, bring a guest to oneof our occasional social gatherings.
President
Tom is asking the members to bring in new members this year.
Go to the
following Rotary International web site for information on membership
development: https://my.rotary.org/en/learning-reference/learn-topic/membership
.
From this website there is access to membership development and
other related information.
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.
The latest District Newsletter has been uploaded
to DACdb - to view it there go to the District tab, open the District
Bulletin file and look for the pdf file named Rotary District 5160
Newsletter.
From
Rotary International’s News and Features Website
Through
Rotary,
a police officer expands her worldview
By JP
Swenson
In her early days of
policing, Joanne Serkeyn had to confront a barrage of distressing
events. The9/11 attacks had just happened. And after returning to work
from maternity leave, she endured multiple months with a lot of calls
for homicides and other tragedies. “I felt like I was the Grim
Reaper.”
Image credit: Monika
Lozinska
She was starting to
become cynical when her commander suggested she join Rotary. She
eventually became president-elect of the Rotary Club of Ancaster
A.M. in Ontario and was sent to the Rotary International Convention in
England.
“I walked into the House of Friendship and was gobsmacked,” she
says.“I could not believe the good that was going on in the world.”
Serkeyn, now a
member of the Rotary Club of Lincoln, Ontario, has served for 28 years
at the Hamilton Police Service. She works as the DNA coordinator in
the forensics unit. Over the years, she’s noted a connection between
missing persons cases and human trafficking. At a Rotary institute
event, she learned about Rotary Action Groups and got involved with
one devoted to a cause close to her heart: ending slavery and human
trafficking. “Rotary Action Groups rejuvenate
people,”
she says. “They make people passionate about Rotary.”
In July, Serkeyn
will become the governor of District 7090, which encompasses 75 Rotary
and Rotaract clubs throughout southern Ontario and western New York.
She’s focusing on a district wide initiative against human
trafficking. “People think they can’t make a difference with
human trafficking,” she says. “But together, we can move the needle.
We have a social responsibility to protect our young. We have an
opportunity to be proactive.”
This
story
originally appeared in the May 2026 issue of Rotary magazine.
{Note
that the proceeding may not be the complete article. See the
complete article on Rotary International’s web page.}
Note that
the photos in the original article may not have been reproduced here.
