Events

DG Mitone, Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay, and her ADG Susanne Karch, Rotary Club of Mission San Rafael, will return, along with longtime Rotarian Brian McLeran, President of the Rotary Club of Terra Linda, who'd also built the roof at our Rotary Village senior housing on Olima Street a coupla decades ago.

Chris has over thirty-five years of public service, including leading cities in California and Arizona, such as serving as the City Manager of Anaheim in Orange County, San Leandro in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the National City in San Diego County.

He also served as the Deputy City Manager of Glendale, Ariz., which is home of the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals and the National Hockey League’s Phoenix Coyotes.

Chris holds a bachelor’s in recreation leadership and a minor in business administration from Northern Arizona University.

Of note, the Sausalito office of the City Manager was created by Ordinance No. 484 in 1955 and is appointed by the City Council.

Hence, he was appointed by the City Council in May 2021 and began his City Manager duties in June 2021.

Lastly, the City Manager is the administrative head of the government.

Agent Quinn will also explain about helping to prevent crime and to protect our diverse nation, along with building partnerships locally and nationally.

Welcome Jack Sherwood, Dennis Schelin and Laura Wais! 

The United States started a war by bombing Iran and assassinating its leadership. Is this war necessary? What is the cost in human life, financial assets, war material, and our deterrence of threats elsewhere in the world while we attack Iran? 

Dr. Baker will explore what he says are the real reasons for starting this war, who wins, who loses, and who profits the most; he will "follow the money" with film clips and analysis to explain why we are really in Iran and who benefits.

About Dr. Baker:

He is a retired surgeon who'd served 30 years in uniform and retired from the U.S. Navy with the rank of Rear Admiral having earned numerous awards, including a Combat Action Ribbon and 3 Legion of Merit Awards.
He has been a staff planner for Naval Forces Central Command (CENTCOM) covering the Mideast, was deployed with the U.S. Marine Corps to combat duty in Desert Storm, and has had numerous assignments in CENTCOM, including Bahrain, Kuwait, and Egypt.

Dr. Baker currently teaches history, political science, and military affairs for the Osher Lifelong Learning (OLLI) Programs at UC Berkeley, Dominican University, Cal State University, and CSU Channel Islands. 

The Tricia Smith, one of the original founders and the longtime President of the Age-Friendly Sausalito Village, will be presenting what's been happening, since she'd initially attended one of our meetings back in 2015, when this very needed service was established.

"The history of Marin County is intimately connected with the birth and early growth of the state of California. Marin is home to one of the last Spanish missions and the location of the lone battle of the Bear Flag Revolt, which led to California statehood. At that time, Marin was a pastoral paradise that supplied most of the raw materials for the exploding population of Gold Rush Era San Francisco. Fifty years later, its temperate climate and the devastation wrought by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire brought on a veritable “land rush” to the region."

Krystal's book titled Gone With the Tide pertains to the waterfront history starting back in the 1950s. Each chapter represents a decade through art, photography, and stories, plus tributes to noteworthy figures in the order of their arrival at Gate 6.

Then, inspired by her research, she has opened a shop called Waterfront Wonders at 314 Caledonia Street, next door to Waterstreet Hardware, that features an eclectic mix of jewelry, fashions, and vintage artworks and offers a step back in time during Sausalito's bayfront history.

Last May, a representative for the Spaulding Marine Center, which is a 501(c)3 entity and had provided a Rotary Vocational Scholarship.
Their longtime mission has been to preserve the Spaulding Boatworks as a working and living museum, to educate the next generation of shipwrights and marine service technicians, to restore and return to active use historically significant vessels such as their flagship schooner the Freda B, and to share with the community the maritime history and culture through classes and public programming.

Ms. Seletzky returns by popular demand.

Her memoir entitled THE KNEELING MAN, My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. was presented to us back in October and she will continue to share the intimate and powerful story of the Black undercover police officer, her father, who famously knelt by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his dying moments just after he was shot.

Then her upcoming work includes DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW?, which she co-authored with Al B. Sure!, the multiplatinum R&B and new Jack Swing fusion genre artist, and is a survivor's memoir that reveals the untold story of his near-death health emergency and is forthcoming from Simon & Schuster.