Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
February 4, 2013
Lunch: Beef Stroganoff and Lemon Cake Wedges
S&P: 1499
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Past President Dennis Hunter.
The Invocation was given by Past President Steve Justus.
Guests of Rotarians
Barbara from Cal Courts, Matt Hague of David L Moonie & Co, Nathan Nilsen of Nilsen Feed, as well as the new local Boy Scout Leader. Patrick Cleary of Humboldt Area Foundation was also a guest.
Visiting Rotarians
Chris Hemphill of the Dougherty Valley Rotary Club, who was in town visiting his son at Humboldt State.
Student Guests
Maya Kopp and Sylvia Lou of Eureka High Interact were in attendance. They raised money for the Discovery Museum.
Exchange student Franco is recovering in Redding from his skiing accident, and can currently walk with assistance. He is getting 24 hour assistance, and can answer simple questions but is not fully awake. Keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
Announcements
Wells Fargo contributed $300 to the operating fund for the Rotary Club.
Former member Tom Hannah's wife passed away last week.
John Bartholomew announced that he has indeed been in the club 4 years, and should have stood up to speak with President Dean. A short joke was made.
Past Presidents Dennis Hunter and Craig Hansen were asked to stand to discuss the 49ers loss in the Superbowl. Somehow this resulted in a donation of $20 to Polio Plus.
Past President Nielsen recognized on-again, off-again Police Chief Harpham for winning Government Employee of the Year from the Chamber of Commerce. Murl has been on the EPD for 56 years.
Sophia and Clark of Lost Coast Rotaract came up and discussed the International Rotary Conference in Lisbon. Sophia is going, and now that I know it's in Lisbon, I want to go too. Instead, why don't we all kick in a few bucks to get Sophia there?
District Governor Juric will be at their fundraiser this Friday, stop by and say hello; they will also be raising funds for Franco.
Saturday night Fortuna Sunrise has their crab fundraiser, and that night Old Town Rotary has a Vampire's Ball. Wowza!
President Elect Ziggy was welcomed back...glad to see him at the meeting.
Pete went on a cruise to the Mediterranean, starting in Barcelona, traveling toMonte Carlo, Italy, and a host of other lovely places. Also Greece. For his whirlwind tour of Southern Europe, he received a rainstick.
Rick Littlefield announced opening a new store in Crescent City, and is pleased to be up there in a 5000 square foot facility. Rainstick! Rick also added $100 to the community service fund.
Dale Warmuth brought a photo of Chamber presidents from years past. Included was Past President Pat Folkins, who pointed out that most of them were also Rotarians.
Spengler Raffle Winners
$10 Tim Jones $10 Dave Tyson
Program
Sure, maybe the regularly scheduled program speaker didn't show up. but our club has so many amazing members, and two of them deserve a position of prominence.
February is World Understanding Month. Gregg and Cathy Gardiner came up to discuss the Rotary Foundation. Both are now Level 2 major donors, which is a great milestone and achievement of giving.
They received a crystal emblem, a couple pins, the respect of the club, and a standing ovation.
The meeting ended 20 minutes early.
Respectfully submitted,
John Harper
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