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February 16th, 2012
Our guest speaker today was Dr. Robert Woodhall, a chiropractor in Nevada City. Dr. Robert treats patients at his Nevada City office,
however today he talked about treating animals at a local veterinarian office. Our dogs and cats have a friend with Dr. Robert.
Animals that may need surgery or other rather expensive veterinary procedures can see Dr. Robert.
There are some non-surgical solutions to many animal health problems. Spasms, poor appetite, vitality, hip or joint problems, lameness, urinary and fecal incontinence,
and many more.
Dr. Robert demonstrated a procedure on two of his dogs.
Thank You Dr. Robert, for making us aware of what can be done for some of our family members… our pets. |
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February 9th, 2012
Our guest speaker today was John Paul, the owner / CEO of
Spiral in Nevada City. Spiral is the ISP, Internet Service Provider, that we use for our Kiwanis web site.
John talked about the internet, a little history of where it’s been and possibly where it’s going.
He also talked about the speed of uploads and downloads of the content on the internet, to our computers.
John explained the differences between DSL - Digital Subscriber Line, a cable connection, and what looks like the future, Fusion.
Fusion is the next generation DSL service with speeds up to 20 Mbps.
Although Fusion is the not yet available in our area, Spiral does provide this service in the Sacramento area.
Check out their web site for Fusion in Sacramento;
interesting... click on
Spiral Fusion for Sacramento
Thank You John, for sharing your insight on technology and the internet with us today. |
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January 12th, 2012
Our guest speaker today was Joanne Drummond, Executive Director of the
Fire Safe Council of Nevada County.
Some of the things that Joanne talked about:
- One of their mission is to mitigate wild fires and to safe guard our wildlife.
- Defensible space around your home. There are 3rd party verifications to approve defensible space. There is also help for
defensible space clean-up.
- Evacuation guides.
- Scotch Broom:
A non-native weed. Looks pretty, but it’s highly flammable.
- For those over 65 years old or physically disabled the is
community assistance available. Most services are free to the public.
Thank You Joanne, for speaking to us today, and informing us of the important role of the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County. |
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January 5th, 2012
Our guest speaker today was Adrienne Bradley. Adrienne is a student at the University of California at Davis and a
Collegiate Agriculture Ambassador, who is involved in a community service program to help people become more knowledgeable about modern agriculture.
Adrienne talked about feeding the world in the future. Right now the population of the world is about 6.8 billion people. By 2050 the population is expected to be over 9 billion. We humans need to focus on modern technology along with better use of land and water, to meet the needs of the future.
Agriculture must produce much more with far less resources to feed the world of the future.
50, 100,70. These three numbers imply: “By the year 2050
, we will need to produce 100% more food coming from a 70% increase in technology.”
Even in today's world, the World Health Organization
cites malnutrition as the greatest single threat to the world's public health.
Although we are extremely fortunate to live in a country that has a low child malnutrition rate, we should be aware that the
rest of the world isn't so blessed.
Thank You Adrienne, for speaking to us today, and making us aware of the agriculture needs of the future. |
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