Cameron Park Rotary Gear Up (Mar-16-2023) (Mar 13, 2023)

Welcome to our Club!

Service Above Self

Thursdays at 12:15 PM

Cameron Park Country Club

3201 Royal Drive
Cameron Park, CA 95682
United States of America

Phone:

(530) 683-7242

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At 12:15pm on Thursdays.

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New Member Badge Ceremony

Anne Eckert, Membership Chair, hosted a large Red Badge and Blue Badge ceremony for new members. In the picture, we have from left: Red Badge recipient, Adam Marshall and his wife Sally, Prez Don, sponsor Gary Gall, Anne Eckert, Red Badge recipient Jim McCallum, Annette Gott with Red Badge recipient Dan Gott, Blue Badge recipient JoEllen Brooks, sponsor Bill Ettlich, Blue Badge recipient Dr. Cheryl Matossian and her sponsor Sabrina Ho. Hats off to Anne and the various sponsors for bringing these new members and growth to the club!

Foundation Dinner: Mar-23-2023; Dark for Luncheon Meeting

In the March 16 meeting, Prez Don reminded us that there is no luncheon meeting at the Cameron Park Country Club on March 23rd. This is to encourage more members to attend the Area Foundation Dinner at the Apple Mountain Golf Resort at 6pm. One of the speakers will be "Morotcycle Bob" Mutchler, an inspiring speaker who was afflicted with Polio, but still rides his bike to tirelessly raise funds for Rotary's Polio Plus program to eradicate polio forever.

Laurie Edwards wrote an email about new recommended route to get to the Apple Mountain Golf Resort: After driving east on US 50 towards Tahoe,

Turn right onto Camino Heights Drive
Take the first left onto Sierra Blanca Drive then a quick right onto Golden Chain Drive for 120’.
Turn left onto Pondorado Road and at the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto Carson Ct.
Go under the freeway then turn right on Carson Rd. In about 2 blocks on the left, you’ll come to the big sign for the resort. Turn left onto Apple Mountain Resort Drive and follow the road about a mile to the resort.

Last Meeting, Mar-16-2023, Rafael Martinez, EDC Director of Transportation

Rafael Martinez is the Director of Transportation (DOT) for El Dorado County. He has a Civil Engineering degree from Cal Poly University and a Traffic Engineering license in California. Rafael has worked for over 24 years in the transportation field in both the public and private sectors.

Rafael gave us a far-ranging overview of the work of the county's DOT as well as the main issues on the horizon. The Maintenance and Operations Dept. sees after road maintenance, including bridges and culverts,car/truck fleet purchase and repairs, snow removal; traffic engineering, emergency management, and a big, new responsibility of vegetation management. The latter generally means removing vegetation within road right-of-ways. 50% of the DOT budget in South Lake Tahoe is for snow removal and it is going to go higher than that this year.

In the capital project areas, the beautiful new Mosquito Bridge under construction was designed locally, but 100% of the funding came from

Federal grants. This will replace the current one-lane bridge that required annual maintenance and would be a hazard in case of a wildfire.

Mar 23, 2023 5:30 PM

DARK FOR LUNCH

Attend the Foundation Dinner at Apple Mtn. Golf Resort - Speaker "Motorcycle Bob" Mutchler

Mar 30, 2023 12:15 PM

Ponderosa High School Students

Music Contest

Apr 06, 2023 12:15 PM

Matt Peterson

Toastmasters

Apr 13, 2023 12:15 PM

Mike Owen

Owner - Crystal Basin Cellars and Our Partner for the Wine and Beer Fest

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CP Rotary Board Meeting
On-line Zoom
Apr 04, 2023 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Area 6 Speech and Music Contest
Smith Flat House
Apr 16, 2023 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

CP Rotary Board Meeting
On-line Zoom
May 02, 2023 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

CP Rotary Board Meeting
On-line Zoom
Jun 06, 2023 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Announcements:
President Don-
1) Reminder of Foundation Dinner on March 23 and dark for the noontime meeting that day. The Area 6 Foundation Dinner is at Apple Mountain Golf Resort at 6pm.
2) The District Conference 2023 is April 28-30 at Harrah's Lake Tahoe this year. There is an emphasis on youth this year, so if you have interest in that area, please consider attending.

Dave Sargent: Was happy to announce that
1) the Nicaragua Water Project was now complete.

2) The club's Scholarship Committee has met and the Community Foundation has met and together they have named 11 awardees to receive $23,000 in academic and vocational scholarships.

Cathy Dugan- There will be the monthly Birthday Party on April 30th -- bring your party hats!

Bill Ettlich- He will be distributing the new bylaws changes to the members via email this coming week. Please come on April 6th to vote on the changes and so that the club has a quorum attending the meeting.

Gary Gall announced that his committee to plan the Wine & Beer Fest at the upcoming County Fair would have it's first meeting after the main meeting.

Guests:

Rafael Martinez, Speaker and Director of Transportation, EDC

Kelly Carnahan, Rafeal's assistant
Sally Marshall, wife of new member Adam Marshall
Annette Gott, wife of new member Dan Gott

Happy (or Not) Bucks

Happy Bucks was replaced by an appeal and a collection of checks from members who were contributing (typically $50 or more) to the mobile health clinic project initiated by District 5190 for benefit of the people of Ukraine.

Birthdays in March

Dwight Bentz

Dick Franks

Gary Gall

Joe Ryan

-----Spouses-----

Jon O'Neal
Chris Sanders

Anniversaries in March

Sabrina and Alex Ho

Upcoming Words of Wisdom/Greeter/Front Desk Assignments

Words of Wisdom Greeter Front Desk

03/23 <Dark> N/A N/A

03/30 Andre Pichley Mike Dugan Cathy Dugan

04/06 Bob Dorr Ulla Petersen Gary Clarke

04/13 DeBorah Demander

04/20 Sid Bazett Adam Marshall

04/27 DeBorah Demander

05/04 Adam Marshall DeBorah Demander