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“The Rotary Club of Stockton Begins the 2nd Century of Service to the Stockton Community”
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Club Announcements
- All-Stockton Rotary Club Meeting – ADG Waqar Rizvi asked everyone to mark their calendars for Tuesday, November 23rd. The All-Stockton Rotary Club meeting will be held here at the Stockton Golf & Country Club at noon. The website will provide a location to make your reservations.
- Live Meetings – We are excited to be meeting live again at the Stockton Golf and Country Club. We also appreciate your support in coming and making reservations. Reservations by Friday 2 pm are guaranteed, after that subject to availability. We are also accepting walk-ins up to the current maximum capacity of this room (70). Reservations are a good way to prepay as well.
- Elk Grove and Stockton Dance Night – Madison , Arthur Murray Dance Center, offered $25 to promote their Elk Grove and Stockton Dance night; please contact her for tickets. It is there first event coming out of the pandemic.
- Wheelchair Supply Project – Marcela Gracewski reported the progress of our wheelchair supply project for children in El Salvador. She invited those interested in making the trip to contact her.
- Rotary Interact – Mentors needed. please see Dan Wright or myself. Volunteers needed for the Veteran’s Mentor Program at Delta College for Kathy Hart.
- Use That Credit Card at The Meeting – You may now pay for lunch, raffle tickets (minimum Credit Card Purchase of $5.00) and other purchase at the Club meetings with a credit Card. For now, make reservations using the website link.
- Potential Members – To encourage Club members to bring a potential member to the Wednesday meetings the Rotary Club of Stockton will pay for the 1st meal of a potential member brought by a Club member. For the proper procedure when proposing a new member, read this document.
Awards Presentation
Past President Melanie Vieux presented a Rotary Club of Stockton’s Hero Award to Anable Morris. This award was for the 2020 calendar year and recognized Lt. Morris’ 20+ years of service to the Stockton PD. She put together some of the best Community Engagement Events associated with Stockton PD. Their monthly newsletter, National Night Out, Snow Day, and Trunk or Treat are just some of the examples of these programs. The latest and most recent Trunk or Treat event drew over 2,000 attendees; more than doubling her goal. She continues to build strong partnerships with local business and community members. She is helping her department achieve its goal of gaining public trust in the Stockton PD.
Guest Speaker
Speaker: Sgt. John Snyder,Stockton PD
Introduced by: Deputy Chief Katherine Nance
Sgt. John Snyder,Stockton PD – Stockton PD Recruiting in 2021
Over the last 10-years he has hired 610 new officers and lost 510 to other agencies. Stockton PD officers are sought after due to the extensive training provided and the challenges of our community. To keep the recruits coming, he partners with many community groups to encourage qualified candidates. He also manages a cadet program for pre-teens, cadet and sentinels in high school and on social media.
Stockton PD trust and justice training programs have been adopted throughout the nation. Reorganization and continuous improvement are an ongoing challenge and expectation. Female officers represent about 10% of the 420+ department personnel.
Salaries are reflective of the experience of the officers hired from the academy. They start at $5,300 a month with a bump of $900 for experience, and a fully trained officer earns $7,780 per month. Those who leave do so for more money and less work. He is ‘old school’ like many others that want to be dedicated long-term to the community they serve.
A $50 contribution and donated Book to Spanos Elementary in the speakers name and some Bubbly and Glasses!
Next Meeting: November 10, 2021
Phillip Merlo, ED of the San Juaquin County Historical Museum
Phillip was born and raised in Stockton, California, where he currently is the Executive Director at the San Joaquin County Historical Museum. His passions include local history, youth empowerment, cultural bridge building, environmental science and policy, and East Asian languages and history.
After graduating from Franklin High with his IB diploma, Phillip attended UC Berkeley, studying abroad at Peking and Minzu Universities in Beijing, China. He graduated from Berkeley with degrees in Geography and History, and wrote his honors thesis on the creation of civic identity in a culturally diverse area of Southern China. At Berkeley he worked as a Resident and Community Leadership Assistant at Bowles Hall, and was nationally recognized for his programming and community development work by the National Residence Hall Honorary Society. He has taught seventh and tenth grade history at Franklin High School. He moonlights as a local historian and Science Olympiad Coach.
His experiences growing up in South and Midtown Stockton, as a student at Berkeley, and in China motivate him to use history to empower and provide opportunities for young people. While working in Stockton he hopes to continue his research on the municipal government’s history of disinvestment in low income communities, and to partner with other educators to build new forums for youth civics and local history education.
Upcoming Speakers
November 2021
- 23 – Tuesday All Rotary Clubs meeting (no meeting on Wednesday)
December 2021
- 01 – Brian Kolze, “Pacific Softball – 30 years of Coaching”
- 08 – San Joaquin County District Attorney: Tori Verber Salazar
- 15 – Amir Khan, “Drugs and More”
- 22 – Children’s Christmas Party
- 29 – DARK
Recognitions
(none)
Birthday Recognitions
(none)
November 2021 Birthdays…
| Week | Dates | Rotarian |
| 1 | 1st – 6th | Dudley Drake – 1st Chuck Mowry – 4th Khaksar Ahmad – 4th |
| 2 | 7th – 13th | Waqar Rizvi – 10th* Karyn Johnson – 13th |
| 3 | 14th – 20th | Basel Karabala – 14th Fred Weibel – 14th Juan Oregel – 14th Christine Morrissey – 15th Graham Tweedy – 16th |
| 4 | 21st – 27th | Tom Perry – 22nd Jim Woodward – 22nd Jan Ambriz – 23rd Gary Putnam – 27th |
| 5 | 28th – 30th | Tony Despotes – 28th Ken Steele – 29th Walt Wager – 30th |
| *= Meeting Day – Wish Them a Happy Birthday! |
Photos…
| Rotary Club of Stockton Member Files | |
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| Conflict of Interest Policy | 2019 Updated Club Constitution |
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Special thank you to everyone who contributed to The Wheel…
Editor, Eric Duran. Special thanks this week to Leena Mittal, note taker, Matthew Grizzle, Virtual and Audio Visual Guru as well as Club Secretary, Corie Stewart our Zoom meeting entry coordinator, and Chief Checkers Matthew Grizzle and President Kevin Kauffman!
Contact Information
Attn: Matthew Grizzle, Club Secretary
1024 W. Robinhood Dr. Suite 5
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 7457
Stockton CA 95267
Phone: (209) 472-9662
Fax: (209) 472-9664
secretary@stocktonrotary.org
Rotary International President
Shekhar Mehta
District 5220 Governor
Tim Madden
Assistant Governor Area 2
Muhammad Waqar Ali Rizvi
Stockton Rotary Club President
Kevin M Kauffman
Meeting Location
Wednesdays at 12 Noon
Stockton Golf & Country Club
3800 W. Country Club Blvd.
Stockton, CA 9520