Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
July 9, 2012
President Nancy “stepped up” and called the second meeting
of her Rotary year to order. As a special
treat, the flag salute was lead by Dick Nash, the longest currently serving
member of Eureka Rotary. Dick, a Paul
Harris Fellow and Club President in 1961-62, has been a proud Eureka Club
member since 1954 – that’s 58 years for those of you counting at home. Dan Heinen gave the invocation.
Guests
Visiting
Rotarians Barbara Walser, Liana Simpson and Dana Jones were welcomed as was Chuck
Ellsworth’s guest Eureka City Councilwoman Marian Brady.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Birthdays celebrated were Dennis Hunter, Ziggy
Ziegenfuss, Carol Rische, Al Abrahamsen and Don Smullin – though the head table was noticeably absent
of birthday celebrants, Tom Schallert did his duty and sat up front and
Capt. Hank snuck up there at the last minute.
Steve McHaney and Brian Papstein celebrated wedding anniversaries with
their spouses and Ron Pierre and Lisa Slack marked Club Anniversaries.
It was
our exchange student Tonje’s last meeting with us before she heads back to her
home in Norway
and President Nancy brought her up to the podium for the following
conversation:
President Nancy – “So you
just got back from the District 5130 Western Safari, what did you do?”
Tonje – “A lot”
With some more insightful questioning from
President Nancy, Tonje did elaborate that she saw the Grand Canyon and Yosemite among other sites on her two week trek through
the West. Bon Voyage to Tonje, it was
great having you as part of Eureka Rotary this past year.
Announcements
Announcements made included a reminder of
upcoming fellowship events: Rafting trip
on the Trinity River on August 18th and a Eureka
Rotary Day at the Races at the Humboldt County Fair.
While on the
topic of thank yous, President Nancy also said thanks to Lane Strope and his
staff at Times Printing along with Hank Pierson, Gregg Gardiner and Dan Heinen
for their help in putting together the new club roster booklets which were
handed out at the meeting – with a nod to her meteorological background
President Nancy’s roster has a bright yellow sun and the tagline, “Bringing Sunshine Through Service” on the cover.
1) challenged
us to bring in a net of 4 new members this year (counting for attrition that
means we need 14 to 18 newbies)
2) Encouraged yearly Foundation giving and
honored Dick Story for his third PHF
3) talked about a Club Peace Project to
meet RI President Tanaka’s goal
4) Develop a long range strategic plan for the
Club
5) Enhance the Club’s public image
6) Emphasize vocational service and
7)
a potential Parks project for the club with the City of Eureka Parks.
Members Roy
Frostenson (trip to South Africa)
Paul Brisso (unsuccessful hunting trip to Alaska) and
Diane Cipperley (Anniversary
trip) were recognized and given one of President Nancy’s highly sought after
rain sticks (staying with the weather theme).
Raffle
Roy Frostenson and Greg Bowen won the Spengler Raffle.
Program
Then it was program time. Humboldt Film
Commission Executive Director Cassandra Hesseltine told us what she and the
Film Commission do, which is “help bring films here and keep them happy while
they are here!” Hesseltine said Humboldt County hosted 15 productions in the past
year including the major studio film "After Earth," starring Will and Jayden Smith, which is
set for a Summer 2013 release – our beautiful Redwood forests will play a major
part in the film and hopefully the movie will spur tourism for our county.
Hesseltine encouraged local businesses and
locations to sign up with the commission for future productions.
Respectfully submitted,
Roy Frostenson
For Hank Ingham
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