Programs 2024 - 2015

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January 2015

  6:  Kate Stille, Director of Marketing, Nugget Market, Inc.;  Creating Camaraderie - The Success of Nugget Markets' Culture

13:  Gary Wegener, Trans-Siberian Motorcycle Trek.  Rotary is alive and well in Russia.  

20:  Alan Humason, Yolo County Visitors Bureau, www.yolocvb.net

27:  Cherie Schroeder, Program Director, Yolo Foster Care.   http://www.yolofostercare.com

February 2015

  3:  Timothy Blank, MS, UC Davis Staff, California Crop Improvement Association, "Seed Certification in California."  

10:  Jim Taylor, General (Ret.) United States Air Force Reserve:  My Early Experiences With Nuclear Weapons.

17:  Karl Diekman, Past District Governor;  Rotary International Project in Myanmar (Burma).  Sheila Hurst will be co-presentor.  She was Assistant District Governor to Karl, and co-chair of the Health Education and Wellness Rotarian Action Group.

24:  Kevin Haarberg & Craig Miyamoto; Edward Jones; A look at the Stock Market for the New Year.   www.edwardjones.com

March 2015

  3: John & Lane Giguiere, Matchbook Wine Company:  Wine Tasting in the Dunnigan Hills (At the Winery, 12300 County Road 92B, Zamora, CA 95698) http://crewwines.com

10:  Dave Reynolds, National Park Service, Yosemite: A Gathering of Spirit;  150th Anniversary.  http://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm 

17: Jim Nolan, St. Patrick's Day

24: Patrick Imbach, Woodland Little League Baseball.

31: Marc Faye and the Putah Creek Crawdads:  Selections from their new CD, "Rolling On"   http://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/the-putah-creek-crawdads-plan-cd-release-party

April 2015

  7:   Dr. Michael White, President, Woodland Community College, "SEED: Student Engagement and Economic Development". http://wcc.yccd.edu/about/president.aspx

14: Brent Buehring, Yolo County District Attorneys Office, and Pete Martin (Ret.);  Investigating Child Sex Predators.

21: Gail S. Goodman, Ph.D, Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Public Policy Research, Department of Psychology, UCD:  Child abuse, emotional effects, and memory in victims. 

28: Jasmina Belledin, Exchange Student from Germany;  Cultural Differences Between Youth of Germany and the United States. 

May 2015

  5:  Senior BBQ, Rotary Park, Yolo County Fairgrounds.  All Hands on Deck!

12:  Jon Lindstrom, Auto Restoration.  Title Owner, Lindstrom's Auto Body.  We are the Collision Specialist.

19: Jeff Reisig, Yolo County District Attorney;  Smart of Crime Prosecution Strategies in Yolo County:  Present and Future.  http://yoloda.org/

26:  Kurt Vogel:  Yolo Fliers Club, General Manager:  Yolo Fliers Club & The State of Golf in 2015.

June 2015

  2:  Shawn Landry, Yolo Superior Court Executive Officer:  The New Yolo Courthouse.  Plus, you can sign-up for a tour of the courthouse.

9: RIch Collins, "Three Decades of Endive Production in California."

www.endive.com 

16:  Ron Caceres, "Improving Downtown Woodland - Challenges and Opportunities."

23: President Clyde Brooker: Reflections on the Woodland Rotary Club's Year in Review. 

30: Demotion

July 2015

  7:  Kris Kristensen, President 2015-2016

14:  Dr. Eric Mitchel, Pete Ramirez, of Woodland Health Care, and Jon Parro, of Woodland Health Care Foundation:  Advances in Imaging and the Impact on Patient Care;  New Medical Equipment Acquired by Foundation For WHC.

21:  Courtney Gonzales:  Woodland, Step Up and Power Down, a citywide energy savings initiative.  Cosponsors City of Woodland & PG&E.

28:  Dr. Alborz Alali, Hematologist/Oncologist:  Rotary's Program, Nicaragua Cervical Cancer.  

August 2015

  4:  Kevin Cameron, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, AlphaK9 Service Program, PTSD Service Dogs for veterans, victims of domestic violence and trauma.  www.alphak9.org

11:  Michelle Stevens, Farmsbudsman, and Kristy Levings, Agricultural Economic Development.

18: Rotary District Governor (5160) Ken  Courville. (http://www.rotary5160.org/governor-nominee-2015/ )

25:  Jesse Ortiz, Ed.D., Yolo County Superintendent of Schools:  Understanding the Role of the Yolo County Office of Education.  Http://www.ycoe.org

September 2015

 1:   Dr. Christian Sherrill, D.C., Q.M.E.;  Chiropractic & Pilates.   www.premierchirowoodland.com

 8:  Dr. Halima Karim, Dr. Sheikh Salim, and Dr. James Cullor, Introduction to Humanity Beyond Barriers (HBB), Inc;  Implementing and Sustaining A One Health Program in Bangladesh.  http://www.humanitybeyondbarriers.org

15: Jim Hilliard and Sean Denny, Woodland City Councilmembers, Downtown Revitalization.  http://www.cityofwoodland.org/gov/cityhall/council/

22:  Kevin Vaziri, President, Woodland Healthcare, and Dean Ward, Vice President of Operations, Dignity Health Medical Foundation, Woodland/Davis;  Recent Developments at Woodland Healthcare. 

29:  Kent Smith, California Dept. Fish & Wildlife (Ret.);  Sierra Conservancy, Who They Are, What They Do.   http://www.sierranevada.ca.gov/  

October 2015

  6:  Ramona Prieto, Deputy Commissioner (Ret.), California Highway Patrol, 

Who They Are, What They Do, from the perspective of an officer who rose through the CHP ranks over her 38 year career.  https://www.chp.ca.gov/

13:  President Kris Kristensen, Club Assembly.

20:  Gary Wegener, Woodland Rotary President Elect;  Rotary International Convention 2015, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

https://www.rotary.org/en/2015-rotary-convention-photo-gallery

27:   Dr. Maria Armstrong, Superintendent, Woodland Joint Unified School District.   http://www.wjusd.org/superintendentswelcomemessage

November 2015

 3:  Jean Dorris, Registered Nurse, Certified Diabetic Educator, Woodland Clinc Medical Group, Diabetes and Our Community.

10:  Steven Solomon, former Interact Club Member, Rotary Scholar and now Annual Giving Officer for Zones 25 & 26, The Rotary Foundation; 'Changing Lives Through the Rotary Foundation'.

17:  Katie Villegas:  Executive Director, Yolo County Children's Alliance:  Early childhood literacy program initiatives in Yolo County

24: Shawn Seyk, & Woodland Boy Scout Troop 464, Pacific Crest/John Muir  Trails:, from Mammoth Lakes to Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite, through the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

December 2015

 1:   Christine Grace Pamplona, Team Captain, and High School Students from Woodland and Pioneer who are competing in digital Minds as the Woodland Rookie Robotic Team.  digitalminds5458.org

8:   Jeremy Patin, Sustainability Coordinator, Nugget Market Inc.:  Nugget Market's Sustainability and Recycling Program.  http://www.nuggetmarket.com/articles/1464/sustainability-at-nugget-markets/

15:  Ken Holck, Music Chair at Douglass Middle School, and the Choir, Advanced Vocal Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, and Guitar Groups, will perform a Christmas Themed Program.  There will be an opportunity to sing along.  Please consider bringing your spouse or guest.

22:  Dark - Merry Christmas!

29:  Dark - Happy New Year!