• Thursday, July 24 - 7:30 p.m., Spring Lake Village Auditorium, 5555 Montgomery Ave., Santa Rosa.  Developing Indigenous Resources to Fight Disease in India - The Janta Colony Project. Dr. W. Frederick Shaw.

    Dr. Shaw has spent 20 of the last 40 years working on solving the problems of unnecessary death and disease in neglected population pockets of the lowest economic classes.  His talk will discuss a project in a large slum in The Punjab, India, near the city of Chandigarh.  The programs he designed and put in place have received the award of excellence of achievement  from the American College of Physicians and have been incorporated into a national healthcare program in Pakistan.

    Dr. Shaw was educated in Ireland and the U.S., receiving his Doctor of Public Health degree from the University of California, Berkeley.  He has worked in public health programs almost continuously since 1969.  The first four years and the last four years were spent in India.  In between he worked in the Philippines, Pakistan, Indonesia, Swaziland, Papau New Guinea, and The Gambia. 

    Reservations not required.  Members free,  non-members $5.

  • Friday, August 15 - 5:15 p.m., Lower Jackrabbit Picnic Area, Spring Lake Park, Santa Rosa.  Annual Picnic and Book Sale.

    The social hour and book sale/browsing will begin at 5:15.  Please bring books you can donate to the picnic book sale; all proceeds go to the work of our council.

    Dinner, an All American BBQ catered by Dave and Laura Acardo of Oakmont Market, will start at 6 p.m.  The menu consists of BBQ ribs, chicken thighs or legs, potato salad, fruit salad, baked beans, rolls and butter, and strawberries over pound cake with whipped cream.  Please bring your beverage of choice; iced tea and ice will be available. 

    Reservations are required by August 8.  Cost is $22 per person for members and $25 for non-members.  A parking fee of $6 per car is collected at the ranger station as you enter the park.

    •  Friday, Sept. 12 - 11:45 a.m., Fountaingrove Golf Club, Santa Rosa.  Nuclear Power in California and the World, Fred Clark, PhD., nuclear scientist.

    Fred Clark retired from federal service after 33 years with the military, the Atomic Energy Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  He has had over 28 years in the field of nuclear energy.  Fred is a long time member of the World Affairs Council.  He did his undergraduate studies at Colorado State University and graduate studies at the University of Illinois and the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies.

    The presentation will cover global warming and alternatives energy sources to coal and natural gas, the extent of nuclear power worldwide and in the U.S., radiation issues and insights into what is happening in the nuclear power field in the U.S. 

    Reservations are required.  Cost is $24 per person for members and $29 for non-members. 

    		• For reservations, make checks payable to WACSC and send to World Affairs Council, PO Box 1433, Santa Rosa, CA 95402.

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    We have a great corporate sponsor,  Spring Lake Village, please support them at every opportunity.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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