Colonel Marshall is the Director of Operations (A3), HQ Hawaii Air National Guard, Fort Ruger, Hawaii. Colonel Marshall graduated with a History degree from the University of Washington and was commissioned through the ROTC program in 1998. As the A3, he is responsible for operations spanning Air Dominance, Aerial Refueling, Airlift, Space Electronic Warfare, Operational C2, Air Defense, and Cyber missions including the Nation’s largest ANG Wing; ensuring ready, relevant, and resilient airmen are poised to support US Indo-Pacific Command, Pacific Air Forces, and the State of Hawaii.
Adam Marchall was mobilized 18 days after the invasion of Ukraine and spent 6 months in Europe as the Vice Commander of the Air Operations Center there. The team was responsible for all of Europe (Russia and Ukraine included) as well as all of Africa. Quite the adventure that Adam was lucky enough to be a part of, and will speak about.
Mike Owen is a native of El Dorado County, a graduate of El Dorado High School. His wife Melissa graduated from Ponderosa. He spent several years in the Bay area working in high tech before he came back to the area to work in his first love, wine making and agriculture. He is the president of the El Dorado Farm Trails Association and is the owner and wine master at Crystal Basin Winery in Camino. He explained that the El Dorado wine appellation is based on wines grown above 1,200 feet while wines made below that are called Sierra Foothills. Other appellations such as Fair Play are officially recognized as designations that describe areas of wine production that produce wines of a particular style and type of wines.
El Dorado County has about 3,000 acres of wine production today which is about the same as wine production during the Gold Rush. While Eldorado wines are exceptional, the value compared to Napa are very different. A ton of wine grapes from Napa is worth about $11,000, while a ton from our area is only $1,800; a reflection of the value of land in the two counties.
Today, the county has expanded from wine production to other agricultural uses such as Apple Hill. Mike and his family lived in France for over two years and host an annual River Cruise for Wine Lovers. The one scheduled for 2024 is "The Essence of Burgandy and Provence", traveling from Arles in southern France to Dijon. His wines carry a distinct French style.
Don Fuller: 1. Membership will vote on board positions at next week's meeting.
2. Please sign up for shifts at our wine and beer booth at the fair by using Sign up Genius - Dave Sargent previously emailed the info. We are required to have a registered server at all times.
3. Dave Sargent is scheduled for surgery tomorrow.
Cathy Dugan - We will have an information table with a tent along with water and popcorn for sale at the Thunder in Park Car Show on June 10. She will bring a sign-up sheet to our next meeting.
Sid Bazett: Encourages members to attend the Area 6 music and speech contest this Sunday at the Smith Flat House in Placerville from 1-3. Our speech contest winner and second place music winner (1st place unable to attend) are competing, and the winner of each category will represent Area 6 in the District Conference 2 weeks later in South Lake Tahoe.
Joe Ryan: Asks members to participate in our community service project at Cameron Park Lake 9-ish on April 22, which is Earth Day. More info will follow by email. Ben Young: Seeks the Christmas Party auction winner for table of 8 at the Land Ocean. The winning bidder has already paid but he does not know his/her name and would like to honor his donation. Please contact Ben if you know the identity of the successful bidder.
After Mike Owen's Presentation:
Mike Dugan auctions off two bottles of wine donated by our speaker, Mike Owens, to raise funds for PolioPlus. A big thank you to our speaker Mike, the winning bidders: Doug Bisbee $100 for the red wine and Cheryl Motassian $80 for the rare white wine, and Mike Dugan for his extraordinary auctioneering skills.
Guests:
Jette Jaeger - niece/guest of Ulla Petersen
Sharon Nelson – friend/guest of Sid Bazett
Happy (or Not) Bucks
JoEllen Brooks - $20 happy because of her first listing in the Cameron Park Air Park.
Adam Marshall- $20 for being back after two weeks of military duty.
Ben Foulk- $20 for his 8th year wedding anniversary ($2.50 per year of marriage)
Mike Dugan- $20 as a self-imposed fine for forgetting to bring the Paul Harris banner to Foundation Chair Laurie Edwards.
Doug Bisbee-- $85 for his birthday.
Ben Young- $33 for the birthdays of his children this month; total reflects their combined ages.
Laurie Edwards -- $5 for her recent trip to Carrizo Plains National Monument; the colorful wildflowers were spectacular.
Gary Clarke-$12 to honor our two new PHF's Rich Grieco and Cheryl Motassian and multi-PHF's Ben Young PHF+1, Bill Ettlich PHF+4, Ulla Petersen PHF+5 and Sabrina Ho PHF+5, who were honored for their contributions at today's meeting. (In photo above, from left, are Prez Don, Ulla Petersen, Sabrina Ho, Bill Ettlich, Cheryl Matossian, Rich Grieco and Ben Young)
Cheryl Motassian -- $25 for her dog's successful surgery today.
Birthdays in April
Doug Bisbee
Shiva Frentzen
Carol Sargent
Terry Wilson
-----Spouses-----
Jeff Frentzen
Pam Johnson
Anniversaries in April
Tom and Sandy Elken
Ben and Ali Foulk
Upcoming Words of Wisdom/Greeter/Front Desk Assignments
GreeterFront DeskWords of Wisdom
04/20 Adam Marshall DeBorah Demander Sid Bazett
04/27 Rich Grieco DeBorah Demander
05/04 Ulla Petersen DeBorah Demander Adam Marshall
Colonel Marshall is the Director of Operations (A3), HQ Hawaii Air National Guard, Fort Ruger, Hawaii. Colonel Marshall graduated with a History degree from the University of Washington and was commissioned through the ROTC program in 1998. As the A3, he is responsible for operations spanning Air Dominance, Aerial Refueling, Airlift, Space Electronic Warfare, Operational C2, Air Defense, and Cyber missions including the Nation’s largest ANG Wing; ensuring ready, relevant, and resilient airmen are poised to support US Indo-Pacific Command, Pacific Air Forces, and the State of Hawaii.
Mike Owen is a native of El Dorado County, a graduate of El Dorado High School. His wife Melissa graduated from Ponderosa. He spent several years in the Bay area working in high tech before he came back to the area to work in his first love, wine making and agriculture. He is the president of the El Dorado Farm Trails Association and is the owner and wine master at Crystal Basin Winery in Camino. He explained that the El Dorado wine appellation is based on wines grown above 1,200 feet while wines made below that are called Sierra Foothills. Other appellations such as Fair Play are officially recognized as designations that describe areas of wine production that produce wines of a particular style and type of wines. .png)
Gary Clarke-$12 to honor our two new PHF's Rich Grieco and Cheryl Motassian and multi-PHF's Ben Young PHF+1, Bill Ettlich PHF+4, Ulla Petersen PHF+5 and Sabrina Ho PHF+5, who were honored for their contributions at today's meeting. (In photo above, from left, are Prez Don, Ulla Petersen, Sabrina Ho, Bill Ettlich, Cheryl Matossian, Rich Grieco and Ben Young)