As part of a requested grant, our club funded Isaiah del Castillo to the tune of $1,000 to assist in his Eagle Scout Project, building of a sensory path at Ride to Walk in Lincoln.   Rotarians Art Deardorff, Bill Cook, Darrel Scott and Paul Ratcliffe also provided some boots on the ground site preparation work.  (They discovered that this picking and shoveling was not kind to their old bodies!)

 

 

The sensory path is one where participants walk the length of the path and identify with their feet what they are walking on  This helps those with walking/lower body disabilities, such as those who attend therapy at Ride to Walk. 

 

 

For more pictures, click Sensory Path Pictures. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On March 29th, we met at Jimenez Park (Ferrari Ranch Road and Groveland) to install the final park sign of the project we started in 2013.  Family and friends of Chief Jimenez attended the ceremony. 

 

 

This park honors Chief Robert Jimenez who was LIncoln's police chief from 1947, finally retiring in 1979. Chief  Jimenez served the community with an eye for helping others, according to residents and family members. At the time of his retirement, the city of Lincoln recognized Jimenez's service with a proclamation for his "giving generously of his time and efforts, unselfishly in all deliberation."  Find out more history by clicking Chief Jimenez Obit.

 

For pictures of our complete Park Sign Project started in 2013, click Park Sign Project Pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another great lunch.  We were please to have a few members that we haven't seen much of namely Ana Roa and Paul Parks - great to have you back.  Truman announced that it was his 49th anniversary; way to go big guy. 

 

Lots going on - see the list of events.   

 

The Rotarian of the Month Award was handed over from Wildbill Cook to Kris Wyatt.  For this honor, she will get to display our Chamber of Commerce Best Service Club Award in a conspicuous place (in her home) for the next month.  We are all thankful to have Kris as a member since she does so much for the youth in our community as well as other community services. 

 

 

Our speaker was Jennifer Harris who spoke about Blue Star Moms.  She became involved when her son was deployed to Afganistan,  She found that other mothers felt the same fears about family members serving our country.   The Sacramento Blue Star Moms is a non-political, non-sectarian, non-racial, non-profit Military/Veteran support organization.  Members are proud mothers, stepmothers, foster mothers and female legal guardians living in South Placer county and Sacramento county who have children serving in the military, guard or reserves, or children who are veterans.  They support Veterans, Service Members from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces  (regardless of their hometown), and honor our Gold Star Families who have lost a relative and remember their children.  They share their pride in our Armed Forces and our country by participating in patriotic events, community awareness, supporting our Veterans and deployed Service Members and their families left behind.  Thank you Jennifer for all you and other Blue Star Moms do.

 

 

Click here for More Pictures. 

 

 

Our members enjoyed friendship and another great lunch.  The sandwiches and salad were very good. 

 

This being Rotary Maternal and Child Health Month, Joann Hilton reported on the maternal health projects that we support in Mexico.  Here, we joined with local Rotary clubs near Lake Chapala to develop care for mothers who were highly susceptible to cervical cancer.  We have also assisted in providing clean water and providing scholarships to students who would never get the chance of education otherwise. 

 

We were also given the opportunity to hear two (not just one) poems from our poet poet laureate Alan Lowe; The Unexpected and ...art History.  Alan can be funny when you least expect it!!!

 

Our speaker for the day was Sonja Conklin.  She is with AirMedCare Network.  She described the services that the company supplies to provide air medical evacuation and air transport to bring you back to your local hospital if you are hospitalized while traveling.  The cost is not prohibitive and the service is available in most states.   She provided a brochure.  Something for consideration for those who travel a lot.  She also said that Ken Campbell should consider it since he goes on some pretty remote horse rides!

 

 

For all of the meeting pictures, Click Here.