Rotary Club of Eureka, California

Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
March 17, 2014

Don Leonard led the flag salute. Steve Justus gave the invocation, and because it was St. Patrick’s Day, he told an Irish joke. Here it is: “Pam wnaeth y cyw iâr groesi'r ffordd? I gyrraedd yr ochr arall!” Or it may have been a Welsh joke. Everyone laughed anyway.

Visiting Rotarians included Liana Simpson and Jim Seiler.

President Ziggy then called up Kim Bauriedel to talk about the impending visit of what used to be GSE teams but are now known as Vocational Training Teams. Four women from Vladivostok are coming here to learn how we integrate special needs children into the regular classroom. No host dinners are available. Call Kim to set something up. On April 1 they’ll be at the Old Town meeting and the Ferndale Rotary Meeting. Then they are going to Sonoma County.





Mel McGuire, coordinator of the Humboldt County Science Fair, came to the podium to accept a check from Rotary. This year’s fair is the 31st, and over 400 projects were entered. The money goes cover a portion of the expenses of the fair. It also enables us to send 6 of the top projects to the State Science Fair, where we have won in several categories in the past.

Mindy Bussman was fined $25 for her birthday.

Steve McHaney went to Germany last week to attend a music industry trade show, and received one of Ziggy’s t-shirts as a souvenir.

Program
Recognition was cut short so that we might participate in “March Madness”. Christian Hill was our auctioneer, and he opened the bidding with a recording of “Danny Boy.”

He then auctioned off the teams, interspersing that with asking trivia questions and giving away green frosted cupcakes as prizes. #1 seeds went to Mindy Bussman (Arizona @ $350), Rick Littlefield (Wichita St. @ $300), Jack Rieke (Florida @ $600), and Nick Bertell (Virginia @ $150).

Do you dare try to outbid the "masters" of the NCAA tournament?

Successful bidders for other teams included Dr. O’Brien, Don Leonard, Glenn Goldan, Christian Hill, John Winzler, Jay Reed, Murl Harpham, and most unlikely of all, Hank Ingham. Jack Rieke and his syndicate spent the most, followed by Glenn Goldan’s group. Deal of the week went to Nick Bertell getting a number one seed for $150. Christian Hill did an excellent job as auctioneer.

And since we have time here’s another joke for you. “What’s Irish and stays out all summer long? – Paddy O’Furniture. Ziggy signed off with, “May you be in Heaven an hour before the Devil knows you’re dead.”

Short story by Hank Ingham.