Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
October 21, 2013
Bruce Smith lead the pledge of allegiance. Bruce Rupp quoted Alex de Tocqueville in his
invocation. Some may have misheard his
references to “sects”.
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| Gregg's guest, from Wahlund Construction. |
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| Sally's guest, from the Times Standard. |
Sally Arnot has this year’s HAC ornament for sale. It
commemorates the 125th anniversary of the Eagle House.
Mike Cunningham urged everyone to attend the annual Rotary
Christmas Party to be held December 14th at the Ingomar Club.
Greg Pierson introduced new member Craig Wruck, an HSU
administrator who lives in Trinidad. PP Kim
Bauriedel gave him “the talk”. Rotary
stands for Responsibility Organization Togetherness Activity , Reward, and
Yes. It’s lucky he didn’t spell out
“International”.
Announcement & Recognitions
Stacy Lane
got her first buck of the season, using her Land Rover. Not very sporting, but effective. She wasn’t fined because she needs to pay the
deductible.
Ken Stodder got his mug in the HSU homecoming program. $50.
Gregg Gardiner announced that he had inserted the By-laws
into your inbox. Or was that a
euphemism? (see earlier reference to “sects”).
They are also available on the Rotary1.org website. Next Monday 10/29 we will vote on them.
Dan Heinen went to the Dominican
Republic and then Newport
Oregon. He complained of humidity. I got him a $50 fine.
Carol Rische, head of the small grants committee awarded
$1,000 to the Boys and Girls Club to pay for refurbishment of the clubhouse
near the Eureka Mall.
Then she gave $500 to the Senior Resource
Center for an automated
call system that checks on Seniors and tells them that they have won a
sweepstakes, but they have to send all their savings to the Center. Or maybe it just asks them if they are OK.
Speaking of sweepstakes, Nancy Dean and Jim Davis won the
Spengler Science Fair Raffle.
Program
Matthew Owen, in order to put some spice in the program
selections, invited EPIC, the Environmental
Protection Information
Center.
It’s a membership driven non-profit
organization that works to protect and restore the ancient forests, watersheds,
coastal estuaries and endangered species in Northwest
California. It opposes hunting by large foreign made SUV’s,
Stacy.
Executive Director Mike Hughes
presented a series of power point slides that delineated the Organization’s
role in protecting the wilderness.
The organization is concerned about Richardson’s Grove highway widening, the
Willits bypass, and other Cal Trans Projects.
They are also against marijuana grows in national forests. They are all about good forest practices. To find out more, go to
wildcalifornia.org.
Visit www.rotary1.org for your By-law changes, and finally,
Google Alex de Tocqueville to find his quote on sects.
Respectfully submitted,
Hank Ingham
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