Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
April 11, 2016
President
Jay Bahner rang the bell and announced that he only had 10 more meetings to
go. Will Kay led us in the pledge. Greg Williston gave the invocation. He noted that former Rotarian Bill McClendon
lost his wife, Pam. Special prayers for
Ziggy Zigenfuss’s wife, Ruth, also who is in ill health.
Mindy
Bussman reminded everyone of next week’s fireside meetings with president elect
Matthew Owen.
Neil
Carnam’s special fundraiser for Nepal, co-sponsored by Mad River Rotary, is
this Saturday night at the Elk’s Lodge and there are still some tickets
available.
Christian
Hill announced the winners of the March Madness fundraiser. Charlie Bussman was the big winner at
$1,168.50. Mindy Bussman was awarded
$250. Mark Murgia took home $400 and Pat
Folkins snagged $300. Matthew Owen and
Greg Pierson each made $200. Nancy Dean
got a measly $100.
Kim
Bauriedel announced that anyone who brings in a new member before the end of
the year gets $100 put in his Paul Harris Fellowship. We have about 130 members right now but need
more due to attrition.
Matthew
Owen was fined $30 for making up on a Catamaran with no shoes on while he was
in Hawaii.
Bruce Rupp
went fishing in the bay with his 7 year old grandson, and the boy caught his
first fish. Bruce was hooked for
$50.
The Pot
goes back to $30 next week, because Tom Schallert drew the joker and walked
away with $390 in prize money!
Our
speaker, club member Patrick Cleary, is the Executive Director of the Humboldt
Area Foundation. HAF has over
$100,000,000 in assets. Last year HAF
gave out 2,000 grants and awarded 400 scholarships. They have also made investments in local
projects, including The Carson Block Building, Open Door Clinic in Fortuna, and
the new Arcata Fire Department Building.
They pay the overhead by charging 1-2% on the funds they manage. Patrick was asked what HAF is doing about the
homeless problem. He said they were looking
into it, but that there are 12 different groups tackling the problem and they
don’t always talk to each other. Jay thanked
Patrick for having substituted at the last minute for another program that was
cancelled. He got a plaque, a Rotary
hourglass, and a neon orange baseball cap.
I’m sure it was the highlight of his day.
Faithfully
submitted by Hank Ingham
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