Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
March 14, 2016
The
meeting was sparsely attended, due in part to the program: March Madness. Apparently not everyone wants to attend a
fundraiser at lunch.
Ziggy
Zigenfuss led us in the pledge. Mike
Cunningham gave the invocation. He
mentioned that Mike Martin suffered a heart attack and had had surgery.
Mindy
Bussman has her birthday on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. She confessed to dressing up in green and
drinking her weight in beer. Linda Wise
had her anniversary on the 17th, and said she also drank her weight
in beer.
Clark
Swan, member of Lost Coast Rotaract, announced that 1/3 of her members are
“timing out.” When they reach the age of
30 they need to quit Rotaract and join a Rotary Club. She mentioned that other
clubs have been approaching Rotaract members and buying them lunches. She promised to give us the names of the
short-timers so we could solicit their membership. They are holding a fund-raiser on April 2nd. It’s an international wine and food
pairing. The theme is food from
countries around the Black Sea. Tickets
are $50.
Last
week’s fellowship had to be re-scheduled because Jay Bahner forgot to
attend. It will be this Friday at the
Bar in the Ingomar Club.
Pat
Folkins fined Jay for holding a meeting last week that ended at 1:45pm-15
minutes over. Jack Reike was recognized
for opening 4 stores, being Chamber Business of the Year, and having a new
grandson. It cost him $200.
The
program was “March Madness.” The 64
teams in the NCAA tournament, starting this Thursday, were auctioned off to a less
than enthusiastic crowd. Matthew Owen
did his best but you can’t get blood from a stone. Top four seeds went for as little as $50 in
stark contrast to last year’s bids of $500 and more. Some of the big spenders were there- Mindy
Bussman, Jay Bahner, Jay Reed, Jack Reike, Dr. O’Brien and Pat Folkins. Others like Hank Ingham and Dennis Hunter,
took a bullet for the team. It was short
and sweet and we were out of there by 1:15pm, which should make up for last
year’s meeting.
Cheerfully
penned by Hank Ingham, who asks you to root for West Virginia and Miami.
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