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December Rotary Theme: Disease Prevention and Treatment Month!!! Next Meeting Tuesday, December 15, Noon.... Zoom meeting..... It's time to celebrate the season...unfortunately we won't be able to have a Holiday Party like last year (who can forget Greg and Lin's winning sweaters!!??) However we can dust off our ugly (or cute however you perceive them) sweater and join the gang for the Ugly Holiday Sweater contest...first prize is...to be determined but we can chat about "our stay at home" holiday plans and send Dan Halloran off into the Arizona sunset with a huge "Bravo and Thanks"... Maybe a visit to Bullmastiff Brewery on Tuesday December 29?? Although we may be on a "stay at home" order, perhaps we can do a tribute to the New Year with a pint of beer from the new Penn Valley Brewery - Bullmastiff Brewery ...owners Dave and Tina from Players Pizza opened up their new addition in October...Lindy and Gordon went to visit this weekend and the beer is GOOOOODDDD!!! More details to come... PREZ PAMELA'S PROSE...  Last week's meeting featured our District 4 Supervisor, Sue Hoek...An interesting update on our county was delivered by Penn Valley’s Supervisor Sue Hoek. She talked about Covid19 in the county. The numbers are up as are hospitalizations. If you want more specific information then go to : covid19.ca.gov. .Funny, she thought when she took over for Hank Weston that her biggest area of concern would be marijuana grows but instead she got Covid, The county is doing a good job....She reminded everyone to please wear a mask, socially distance and follow the rules. One other area she brought up were applications for Nevada County's Citizen's Academy, a ten week class on county services. It starts in January. If you are interested talk to Mark Bailey or Lindy Beatie for more information or check out www.mynevadacounty.com/376/Citizens-Academy . The gauntlet has been dropped, the challenge is on...for the Best Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest...I've got mine, have you got yours??? Let's see what you've got when you join our December 15 noon Zoom Club meeting...link for the meeting will be sent on Tuesday AM of December 15...check your email... Our club is responsible for setting up the Speech contest for the Area 4 clubs...The date for the Area contest has been set for April 7...if we have enough contestants, our club contest will be held on March 16..we need to reach out to the High Schools, so if you know a high schooler who would like to compete, send their name to PP Lindy at lindybeatie@gmail.com....This year's theme: "Turning challenges into opportunities as we create transformative change"... Mark your calendars!! Christmas tree recycling...Lake Wildwood Christmas Tree recycling will take place on January 9...Special thanks to the following for working on this project: Mark Bailey, Mark Fleming, Gordon and Ryan Beatie, Gene Vander Plaats, Jim Sears (local yard maintenance provider) and the students of Nevada Union Interact. We still need a few more volunteers to help, so connect with Greg Marshal if you'd like to help...Thanks, Greg, for organizing this fun event....gsmarshall67@aol.com... WOW points tabling: This will take place on Saturday, Dec 12 & 19, from 10-1...not much work, social distanced with masks...to collect WOW points for the coming year...Thanks to Nicole for working with Holiday Market and Joyce for setting the schedule for volunteers...if you'd like to help, connect with President-Elect Joyce at joyce@twinvalleyins.com We met our goal of Sock donations... We met our goal to collect 50 pairs of socks, actually we exceeded the request.....If you still have socks to donate, we'll take them...connect with Lindy at lindybeatie@gmail.com for drop off options... Please Please Please...if you have not already paid your dues for this year, please do so TODAY!! We will be sending in the remainder of our dues to Rotary International in January... you should have received a statement in your email from Treasurer Ed McSweeney, and a "gentle nudge" phone call from the Club board...so please, pop it in the mail today...Penn Valley Rotary, PO Box 120, Penn Valley, CA 95946 NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO INVITE A FRIEND TO JOIN OUR ROTARY CLUB...Dues for the second half of the year are only $75 for January 2021- June 2021....Invite them to a zoom meeting (it only takes two to begin the membership process)...we've got some great projects going and welcome new ideas and fresh faces... Stay safe, healthy and PURPLE!!
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