May 21, 2018

Menu:  Your choice of fried chicken or beef hash; mashed potatoes and salad bar.  Bruce Smith presided. Mike Cunningham led us in the invocation.   Matt Murrish announced that there is still time to get in on the dictionary deliveries to third graders.  President Bruce said the last social gathering of the year last Friday was well attended.  Don Leonard brought up a special guest from the Senior Resource Center to accept an $8,500 check for  Rotary to be used by Redwood Coast PACE.

Our speaker was Michael David-Reed, Assistant Superintendent at Eureka High.  He is participating in an Ultra Bike marathon to raise money for programs to teach volunteers how to help children who have trouble reading. He starts in California and ends up in Maryland twelve days later. He has a support team of 10 people who relay him food and water.  He will ride 18-20 hours a day, getting 2 ½ hours of sleep.   Temperatures will range from 30 degrees to 120 degrees.  David -Reed is Welsh, so his team is called Red Dragon.  Less than 50% of riders finish the race. He said “you are never to old to do something extraordinary, and you are all capable..

May 14 2018

Lunch consisted of spare ribs or chicken chunks in sauce, salad bar and cookies.

Mike Cunningham gave the invocation.  He asked everyone to pray that we don’t all get blown up. There were a few recognitions. Pat Folkins’ granddaughter graduated from HSU and cost him $100.  George Owren’s grandson is a star on the EHS football team.  That cost him 50.  President Bruce had a picture of Nancy Dean hiking so that cost her money. Matthew Owen was complimented by Bruce for cleaning up Old Town in advance of the impending cruise ship arrival. Carly Robbins said that they needed packers for the Backpacks for Kids and that there would be a fundraiser on June 2. This Friday Bruce Smith’s last social gathering will be held at 5:15 in the bar at the Ingomar club.  He’ll buy the first drink.  Matt Morris needs help to deliver gift Dictionaries for third graders sometime in the next few weeks.  The club presented a check for $15,000 to the Redwood Coast Montessori school to fix up the Manila Community Center field.  Our presenter was Larry Oetker, Director of Humboldt Bay Harbor and Recreation District.  They need to dredge 130,000 cubic feet of silt from the Woodley island channel.  They need to get a permit first.  Also they need a wastewater treatment plant in Samoa before they can do further development in that area.  Finally, they need a dock for mooring barges that will take floating windmills out into the ocean.  For more information give him a call.

April 23 2018

Burl Report-37th Meeting of the Bruce Smith Presidency

April 23th 2018, promptly starting at 1PM-President Bruce related that today’s program is The League of Women Voters District 4 Supervisor candidate community forum and was being filmed for Access Humboldt.  Because the program would likely last longer than usual, he would be efficient about presenting Rotary business today.

Lunch main courses Sweet & sour pork, Cod fillets.  There were also potato and fruit salad options. Dessert was what could be described as 50/50 cake.

Pledge of allegiance was led by a fellow Rotarian-didn’t catch the name

Invocation was led by Greg Williston.  Kim Bauriedel let everyone know that Jean Shimasaki passed on March 17, 2018.  He also asked for prayer for the East family of the 8 year old child who recently died from drowning at Big Lagoon.  

Birthdays:  Justin Golnick , Jack Rieke and Steve Laufferty

Anniversaries:  Anthony and Maryruth Stubbs.  

Guests:  Lynn Dugaw, Camera people from Access Humboldt (not named), many representatives from League of Women Voters including Byrd Lochtie, Carol Masterson, Kathy Johanson, Becky Simpson and P. Winston.  District 4 candidates, incumbent Virginia Bass, Mary Anne Lyons (Local Educator) and Dani Burkhart (Environmental Planning Consultant).

Announcements:  Matthew Owen Announced that on the previous Thursday Locks and Helmets were donated to a child from the Betty Kwan Chinn Center.  There was humorous banter regarding a no hitter at the Boston Redsocks recently.  The last time that happened was 25 years ago.  The Rhody Parade is set for the coming Saturday between 9AM-12PM.

Sign Smith Raffle Winners:  $1-Ted Loring, $10-Ziggy Ziegenfuss, Gift Certificate to Vista Del Mar went to Brad Mettam, 1st Drawing for the gold was Kenneth Stodder who picked the 2 of Spades and  2nd drawing for the gold was Sean McLaughlin who also did not pull the joker (didn’t see what card it was)

Program:  District 4 candidate community forum moderated by Birdie Lochtie.  Birdie delivered a statement about what the League of Women voters does and explained the rules of the forum.  Each candidate begins by talking about their background and why they are running.  Questions could be written by audience for the panel to answer.  The entire forum with questions asked and answered can be seen beginning Friday 4/27 on Access Humboldt.

Candidate websites:  Virginia Bass www.bass4supervisor.com,  Dani Burkhart www.dani4supervisor.com  and Mary Ann  Lyons  www.facebook.com/maryannlyons4supervisor (no website was found but a Facebook page is present-all candidates for 4th district also have a Facebook Page)  

Meeting ended with sage words from the President Smith at 1:30PM.