Meeting
of the Rotary Club of Eureka
June
6, 2016
The
Pledge of Allegiance was led by Steven Lafferty
Next
up was Bill McAuley to lead our invocation. He asked us to remember
several of our fellow Rotarians who were suffering from Health issues.
Walt Shimasaki is battling cancer. Don Leonard just underwent back
surgery. Jim Howard was taken to the hospital just his morning by Chuck
Ellsworth, and Dennis Hunter recently broke his ankle.
Pat
Folkins reminded us that today is the 72nd anniversary of the Allied
landings into occupied France during World War II, now known as D-Day.
Our club has two members that served in World War II, Al Crnich, and Ken
Stoddard. Pat also talked about our North Coast Honor Flight program, and
that it has taken 427 World War II veterans back to Washington D.C. Pat
also showed a photo of our veterans laying a wreath at the World War II
Memorial on their last trip.
Kim
Bauriedel talked about his most recent visit with Walt Shimasaki. He
presented Walt with a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of our club
recognizing him for his 56 years of service to Rotary.
Liz
Smith and Maggie Kraft were our two visiting Rotarians.
President
Jay got Gregg Gardiner, Elan Firpo, and Kurt Barthel on their feet and thanked
them for attending as we have not seen much of them recently.
Kim
Bauriedel brought as his guest the new Boys Scouts executive for Humboldt
County.
Birthdays
in June:
1st
Dean Christiansen and Matt Murrish, 3rd Robert McLaughlin, 5th
Frank Jager, 6th Mark Murgia, 9th Keith Crossley, 10th
Greg Sparks, 11th Greg Pierson
Wedding
Anniversaries in June:
3rd
Chris Freeman, 7th Don Leonard, 9th Jim Davis, 11th
Robert McLaughlin, 11th John Fullerton, 12th Al Crnich
June
is also a busy month for Rotary Membership Anniversaries:
Al
Abrahamson, Bill McAuley, Neal Carnam, Mike Martin, Gary Todoroff, Dave Dillan,
Greg Pierson
Recognitions:
President
Elect Matthew Owen agreed to be recognized if the Warriors sweep the Cavaliers.
Gregg
Gardiner was recognized for his year as Rotary President and for all of the
community projects he has been involved in.
Elan
Firpo was recognized for attending a recent Warriors game.
President
Jay asked us to be on the lookout for an upcoming email regarding the Back
Packs for Kids Fundraiser.
Program:
Maggie
Craft lead us through the ins and outs of the Area 1 Agency on Aging.
