April 16, 2013
We opened our Tax Day meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance
and prayer
Birthdays & Anniversaries
(this
week) Tim Jones (19th) Dave
Parris (21st), Ken Stodder (21st). No club anniversaries this week
Gregg Gardiner
self reported his and Kathy’s 4th wedding anniversary which Kathy
says they’ll be celebrating with the Cutten “walk-ability” at her school
(Winship) – Oh, those romantic kids!
Student Guests
Back from Spring Break last week Marisa said she spent it in Sebastopol with the highlight being a trip to a local
thrift store where she picked up some “weird American clothes.”
Announcements
The Rhody Round-up BarBQ and Dance fund-raiser for the
Backpacks for Kids program is April 26.
And while you’ve got your calendar out marking that date
don’t forget to circle this Saturday April 20th – that’s the date
for our Club’s Bootlegger’s Ball at the Ingomar Club. It’s a salute to the Roaring 20’s, the decade
in which the Eureka Rotary Club was founded.
The theme is “Speakeasy” and you’re encouraged to come in period
costume. Christian Hill asked everyone
to please, if you haven’t already, RSVP by Thursday so he can give the Ingomar
an accurate count. And remember to win
the raffle you or your proxy needs to be there
President- Elect Ziggy says 35% of Club members have already
signed up for a Fireside meeting. Of course that means 65% of you haven’t and
Ziggy wants to know why not. He’s asking
everyone to sign up and attend a Fireside to “tell me what you want us to do
next year.”
Bruce Smith has all his host families for the upcoming Group
Study Exchange but still could use at least 2 more drivers. We’ll be picking up in Willits and dropping
off in Garberville. Call Bruce if you
can drive. The GSE team is coming from France and will
be here May 12
In October of this year our Club will celebrate its 90th
anniversary. The Archives Committee is
updating the club’s history book for October for all members and is also
sharing with us Rotary memories a decade at a time during meetings. Today Carlton
Nielsen told us about the years from 1933-34 to 1943-44. Presidents during this time remarked how even
during the midst of the Great Depression our Club’s membership held steady and
even increased. A two month strike by
the Waiters and Cooks Union caused some problems as many Club Members wouldn’t
cross the picket lines at the Eureka Inn where the weekly meetings were
held. And late in the decade the Club
members were “dismayed” according to a journal entry when Club fines went from
a quarter up to a dollar!
President Nancy shared an e-mail from Franco’s parents –
he’s back in Chile
and continuing to recover
Mindy Bussman gave a great Craft Talk, checking something
else off the to do list for Red Badgers. Mindy, like her Daddy (Rotarian Charlie) and
Granddaddy before her, is an insurance agent.
She lists baking as a hobby and even went so far as bringing delicious
homemade baked goodies for all the tables to prove it (attention Red Badgers –
this might be a good tradition to follow!)
Red Badge Alert: If
you need to make a Board Meeting there’s one this Wednesday April 17 at Noon at
the Ingomar
Spengler Science Fair Raffle: Kim Bauriedel and Don Leonard were this
week’s winners
Program
The guys
behind HumFresh talked about their business which is currently providing 22
local schools with over 1,000 meals a week featuring local, home-grown Humboldt County products. The idea is to replace processed, packaged
food with fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables and nutritious and healthy
breakfast and lunchtime meals for our school children.
Next week’s (4/22) Speaker will be HSU President Rollin
Richmond.
Roy Frostensen
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