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Save the Date! Sodbusters 2024 Save the date for Sodbusters 2024 and sign up to sponsor the event today!Sodbusters, which has been named the best event of Yuba-Sutter, is back for it's country-western themed shin-dig, incredible steak dinner, silent and live auctions, mechanical bull riding and dancing til midnight to the fantastic tunes of Left of Centre. This is the Rotary Club of Marysville's ONLY fundraiser of the year, the money raised goes to support many important charities and community needs. The proceeds are split between the Rotary Club of Marysville Foundation for use in many community projects and a special beneficiary each year. This year, the beneficiary of Sodbusters is SoYouCan - the South Yuba County Action Network*.
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Marysville Rotary Voted Best Service Club in Yuba-Sutter The Marysville Rotary Club was voted Best Service Club, and our premiere fundraiser, Sodbuster's, was voted the area's Favorite Event, in The Appeal-Democrat's "Best of Yuba-Sutter" competition. Awards were announced in October.
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Sodbuster's, Yuba-Sutter's Favorite Event, wildly successful With a big turnout of club members, the set up coordinated by Nicole Rosser was a success. The Marysville Rotary Club's Sodbuster's event, now known as Yuba-Sutter's Favorite Event thanks to those who voted in the Appeal-Democrat's "Best of Yuba-Sutter" competition, was wildly successful. The sell out crowd enjoyed a nearly flawless presentation on a beautiful night on September 19, thanks to the leadership of event Chair Nicole Rosser, and a tremendous response by the Club to the needs of setting up the event behind Cotton Rosser arena along the Feather River in Marysville's Beckwourth Riverfront Park.
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Local Special Olympians take to the field as Rotarians prepare for SodbustersTwo days after Yuba-Sutter Special Olympics Director T.J. Fetters provided Rotarians with the story of the founding and growth of the worldwide organization devoted to providing athletic competition opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities, several dozen local Special Olympics athletes gathered at Blackburn-Talley Park in Yuba City for what was planned as another softball tournament hosted by the local organization. Unfortunately, COVID-19 had other plans and none of the Special Olympics teams from other communities made the trip. That didn't dampen the enthusiasm of most of the athletes, who were excited to be on the field and in uniform for the first time in over a year.  Several dozen of the area's 200 Special Olympians gathered Saturday for skills competition and softball games.
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Rotary project saves local history, puts it onlineHe lost a leg in World War I, wrote a history of Marysville's beginnings, and donated 30 years to creating an index to local history. Now this index is safely preserved and available online because of a Marysville Rotary Club Project.
Immediate Past President Mary Langsford chose the history access project as her community project during the 2020-21 Marysville Rotary Club year. Here she is at the drawers where Ramey's hard copy index cards are stored. |
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Jay Lowden, Yuba Community College Foundation Director, Speaker July 22Jay Lowden, Director of the Yuba Community College Foundation, is the guest speaker Thursday, July 22, during the lunchtime meeting of the Marysville Rotary Club. Lunch Served: 12:05 1st Pitch: 12:15 We will attempt zoom as well: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 974 049 9518 Password: 5180 |
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District training offers growth to Rotary membersDistrict 5180 is conducting Superhero Training Camp: Connecting the Three Essentials... Membership, Foundation and Public Image/Brand. When: August 7, 9:00 am to 12:00 Noon What: Special training focusing on the three essentials for our Rotary Clubs: building our membership, increasing our Foundation giving and getting our story out to our local communities. Who should attend? All club presidents, membership chairs, Foundation chairs and public image chairs (and, as always, any other club members who can benefit from this training!) Why attend? New club leadership needs this time together to refocus, re-energize and renew their club's efforts on how to grow membership, best approaches to building Foundation support and knowing how to get your message out to the community about all the wonderful things Rotary does! Registration is now open: https://www.rotary5180.org/ |
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The 2021-22 Marysville Rotary Board of DirectorsIt may have gone little noticed in the excitement of a new season, but President Matt Peyret has an official Board of Directors. Board members are: Immediate Past President Mary Langsdorf Secretary Gerald Odor Treasurer Larry Michel Program Chair Kelly Smith Membership Chair Doug Marr Foundation Chair Ryan Henshaw Club Service Chair Courtney Gengler Community Service Chair Joe Hendrix International Service Chair Rachel Farrell Youth Services Chair Mike Cowley Vocational Services Chair Tawny Dotson Webmaster DeDe Cordell Bulletin Editor Chuck Smith |
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Board authorizes $500 donation to youth leadership programThe Marysville Rotary Club will make a $500 donation to a youth leadership program developed and managed by the Alliance for Hispanic Advancement, the Board of Directors decided at its meeting Monday, July 19. As explained by Rotary Guest Speaker Grace Espindola, the program is intended to focus on leadership development among youth who may not normally get the opportunity to develop confidence by leading a team or developing public business skills. The first Mexican-American Immigrant to be elected to the Yuba City Council, Grace last week discussed her travel with her mother from Mexico to join her father who had come to the southwest United States in the bracero ag worker program, and how much work is actually involved in being a City Council member.  Grace Espindola
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Mental Health First AidThis week, the Rotary Club of Marysville had the opportunity to hear about a critically important subject - perhaps even more important now, in light of the additional weight the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on our community. We heard from Sarah Eberhardt-Rios, MPA of Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health and Gina Ehlert, a national trainer for a new mental health training program. This program trains people - regular people - how to spot mental health concerns, in your personal life, at your office, your church, among your friends. More importantly, it teachers you how to help and provide that "first aid" when someone needs it. Please view this video and see if you might want to get trained in this life-saving skill. If you're interested in taking the training, reach out to Dawn Redmond and she can share current opportunities. You can also call her at (530) 822-7200 ext. 2220. |
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Meet our 2020 Scholarship WinnersMarysville Rotary Club issued eight $1,000 scholarships this summer to graduating seniors from Marysville High School and the Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts (MCAA). Join us in celebrating the bright futures of these shining stars:
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Rotary is FFF'n Amazing!During this week's meeting, we had the pleasure of hearing from our District 5180 Governor, Brent Hastey, who is no stranger to the Rotary Club of Marysville. Our prestigious DG shared his vision for the coming year as well as that of Rotary International, and he talked about the importance of diversity and inclusiveness in our meetings, and much more. Check it out! It was a special meeting that's a great reminder why we all love being Rotarians. |
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The 'DeZoomotion' of Vanessa HelderThe fun-filled plot of the Demotion Committee to frame outgoing President Vanessa Helder as Patient Zero in the Covid-19 pandemic was foiled by a conspiracy video and a pardon tweet by the Commander in Chief. At last week’s DeZooMotion, the Demotion Committee established its evidence through a series of videos, breaking news reports and personal recollections of odd presidential behavior, "proving" that Chinese authorities had traced the first case of Coronavirus in Wuhan to the president of the Wuhan Rotary Club, and directly to Helder at the Rotary International Convention last spring. District Governor Brent Hastey even made an appearance, clearly troubled by the disclosures, until it was pointed out that the International Convention took place BEFORE his term began.
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Rotary Youth Leadership AwakeningAt our July 23rd meeting, we heard from Rochelle Whellams, one of the directors of the Rotary Youth Leadership Awakening, commonly known in the Rotary world as RYLA. It was a great introduction to RYLA for some of our newer members, and a great, inspirational reminder of how awesome of an experience the camp can be for our youth. |
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Dr. Homer Rice on COVID in Yuba-Sutter
At our July, 16, 2020 meeting, we were privileged to have Dr. Homer Rice, the assistant director of Yuba County's Health and Human Services Department, speak to our packed Zoom meeting. It was incredibly enlightening and informative. In our bi-county COVID-19 response, Dr. Rice serves as the operations manager, and was able to shed some light on how serious the problem is for our region, and what we all need to do to stop the spread. |
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Assemblyman James GallagherOur first speaker of the 2020-21 Rotary year was our local state assemblyman, James Gallagher. Gallagher spoke to our club about the series of events surrounding the Coronavirus outbreak that have led to our community's reopening when the state stay-at-home order was lifted, and the most recent orders forcing many of our businesses to close once again. We are so grateful that he shared his time and insight with us.  |
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Expect the UnexpectedAfter a century, Mary Langsdorf is President of the Rotary Club that emphasizes her name. She's going with "Expect the Unexpected" for the theme this year, or at least for this month, since we can't really predict what's going to happen next. (Locusts, maybe?)   Meet the rest of the 2020-21 Board of Directors for the Rotary Club of "Mary'sville"President-Elect and Fine Master: Matt Peyret Immediate Past President: Vanessa Helder Co-Secretaries: Jack Williams and Gerald Odor Treasurer: Larry Michel Club Service Chair: Jan Rockwell Community Service Chair: Nina Singh International Service Chair: Rachel Farrell Vocational Services Chair: Tim Cole Youth Services Chair: Mike Cowley Membership Co-Chairs: Aaron Landreth and Elizabeth Thygeson Rotary Foundation: David Anderson Sergeant at Arms: Doug Marr Program Co-Chairs Jan Rockwell and Nicole Rosser Information Co-Chairs: DeDe Cordell and Chuck Smith
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Sodbusters 2024 has come and gone, and we just want to say a tremendous thank you to everyone who helped make this event another huge success! So many thank you's - to our club members who put in dozens of hours in preparation and many of whom worked most of the night in some fashion or another, to the perspective members who showed up and showed off their "service above self," to the friends of members who got roped into helping at the food line or the bar or with clean up the next day. There are WAY too many of you to thank by name, but please know that we couldn't have done it without you. 
The Rotary Club of Marysville gave a grant for $12,000 to buy 4,000 backpacks and school supplies to fill them for Yuba County students. On Friday, August 2, 2024, several Rotarians even volunteered to distribute the backpacks at a huge event in downtown Marysville. The partnership with the Marysville Unified School District and several other organizations drew a large crowd to get not only backpacks and supplies, but haircuts and dental checkups and much more. We are honored to be able to support our community through projects like this.
Rotary member Jan Rockwell was honored to throw out the first pitch on opening day of the Marysville 
Little League season March 15. Marysville Rotary has been assisting the league in an ambitious project to reclaim an abandoned youth ballpark, Chiono Field, on 14th Street. Jan brought the project to Rotary's attention and was the logical choice to represent the club when the league honored us with the invitation.
Time is running out for your chance to guarantee yourself a ticket to the hottest event in town! Sodbusters 2023 will take place Sept 15th at 6pm at the Marysville Riverfront Pavillions / Cotton Rosser Arena. 
At the June 1st meeting, we had the pleasure of a hands-on lesson on flower arranging, courtesy of Helen Nickolson, the "better half" of club member Larry Michel. In addition to providing all of the beautiful roses and greenery, Helen provided a small vase for everyone to keep.
Are you ready to strut your stuff, Yuba-Sutter? We know we have an incredibly talented community, so let's show it off! It's our first ever Yuba-Sutter's Got Talent competition and we have cash prizes for the top three winners!
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Rotary is about to bust outside for a major work project to help local community college students feel a little better about their campus. It’s an opportunity for every member of the club to participate in a project that could involve as many as 100 people over the course of two Saturdays. 
Robert ‘Bob’ Quinlan, who spent many years with the Folsom Rotary Club before moving to Marysville and transferring to our club in 2019, passed away January 14. He was 63.
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