Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
April 18, 2016
Ken
Stodder led us in the pledge. Tom
McMurray gave the invocation.
The
“Sunshine Report” was rather lengthy: Walt Shimasaki was ill and Dale Warmuth
had two black eyes. He was racing his
motorcycle on the beach when a sneaker wave separated him from his conveyance.
Hank’s wife, Kathy Pierson, also had two black eyes. She tripped in a dust hole while trying to
pick up her favorite chicken and hit her head on the roof of the chicken
coop. The roof then fell down and she
broke her crown. The chicken was collateral
damage. Now you’re nodding to yourself
and saying “That happens all the time!”
Mike Murgia’s mother is ill.
Ziggy’s wife, Ruth, is doing better.
Kim
Bauriedel scolded the club for not attending Rotaract’s Dinner by the Black Sea
last Saturday. He said there were lots
of people from South West Rotary there and they could recruit new Rotarians
from the Rotaractors. President Jay
pointed out that it had been scheduled on the same night as the Nepal Earthquake
relief Fundraiser. Jay and Nancy Dean
bought tickets to both. It raised over
$20,000. Kim was fined $25 for his impertinence.
A cake was
wheeled out for Ken Stodder, who will celebrate his 90th birthday on
4/21. He was born in 1926. The club blew whistles, and sang Happy
Birthday. He was the voice of the
Lumberjacks for 40 years and Principal of Eureka Adult School. He’s also a Red Sox fan, so Jay got him a Red
Sox hat.
It was
also Paul Harris’s birthday. He would be
160 years old, almost as old as Jim Howard.
He became an attorney and moved to Chicago. Missing the intimacy of small town life he
formed a club for socialization and business contacts. His first service project was buying a horse
for an itinerant preacher whose mount was crushed to death by a falling roof
when someone hit their head on a chicken coop while tripping in a dust hole.
Our
presenter was Ryan Smith, manager of Planet Fitness in the Bayshore Mall. He said that the facility caters to average
people and discouraged weight training accompanied by grunting and dropping
barbells. They have all sorts of fitness
equipment. They also have massage beds
and chairs and tanning booths.
Membership is $10 a month for a year, plus a $39.99 initiation fee. For $20 a month you get to bring a guest
anytime you come. They offer free
fitness training in small groups. They are
open 24 hours Mon-through Friday and 7a-9p on Saturdays and Sundays. They have 4,500 members and are shooting for
6000 by the end of the year.
The
program ended early, so Jay had Will Kay and Steve Allen stand up and give
brief craft talks.
Gleefully
submitted by Hank Ingham
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