tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47606847251949636692024-02-07T16:39:50.020-08:00Rotary Club of Eureka, CaliforniaThe Rotary Club of Eurekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397711699085140857noreply@blogger.comBlogger312125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760684725194963669.post-64811851463379418052019-03-19T12:54:00.000-07:002019-03-19T12:54:13.291-07:00March 18th 2019
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">President-elect Carly Robbins gave the invocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brad Mettam presided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klark Swan shared that Mardi Gras Fundraiser
had been a success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>60 people attended
and they made $4500.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The biggest
challenge was making gumbo for 120.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>County Office of Education representative Melody McGuire accepted a $5000
check for the Science Fair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
still time to sign up for The March 23 reforestation project in Lake County.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">SPECIAL NOTICE; The April 1 meeting will be off-site and in the evening at Lost
Coast Brewery’s Beer tasting site near Piersons. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beer will be served. Our program was our
annual March Madness fund raiser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arny King
did a great job with a sparse and penurious audience. Jack Reike bought Duke so
we know he’ll have at least one winner.</span></div>
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The Rotary Club of Eurekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397711699085140857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760684725194963669.post-32376325409228557392019-03-15T09:09:00.000-07:002019-03-18T08:37:33.657-07:00March 11 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The meeting was opened by our president Brad Mettam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ziggy Ziggenfuss was called upon to lead the
Flag Salute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the audience was former
member and past president Laurie Lazio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He said a few words. When he was president he fined Rotarians using a
wheel of Fortune you spun to determine what your fine would be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klark Swan reminded us of the Mardi Gras
fundraiser this Saturday .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr.Kim Bauriedel
announced that a Tourist Trip to Russia was being offered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two weeks in paradise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bring your own snowshoes. Next Monday’s
meeting is the March Madness fund raiser, so bring your wallet and a detailed
knowledge of the skills of 106 college basketball teams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year you can buy the 11-16 seeds for
$10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arny King will be the auctioneer. Blue
Ox Millworks was awarded 3250 to build a ramp. The Four-way Fest Rotary
District Assembly is being held in Reno at the Pepper Mill May 17-19<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Our presenter was Erick of Blue Ox Millworks. The topic was
the Hearse that Blue OX millworks and a group of volunteers had created for a
re-enactment of Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was built from scratch using the only existing photo of the Hearse
and scaling it to make blueprints.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
hand cast aluminum for the hardware and gilded it, and made an exact replica
right down to the peacock plumes on the roof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They then shipped it to Springfield Illinois for the reenactment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s spectacular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chuck Ellsworth did the gilding on the horse
drawn wagon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Rotary Club of Eurekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397711699085140857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760684725194963669.post-79647226647114097142019-03-05T12:29:00.000-08:002019-03-05T12:29:12.868-08:00March 4 2019
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">President Brad Mettam has returned from his secret
mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He seems unchanged, at least on
the surface. Or maybe it’s unhinged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He asked Stacy Lane to lead us in the pledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone looked around to see if she was
actually there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A rare sighting. Arny
King delivered the invocation, saying that what’s there is not all you see-or
maybe he said you don’t always see what’s there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We saw Stacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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</span>Klark Swan announced that Rotary’s Mardi Gras is Saturday March 16<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
6-9pm at the Sequoia Conference Center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tickets are $30. They need more donations for a Dutch Raffle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They could also use some more ingredients for
the Gumbo:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shrimp, oysters, possums,
garter snakes and anything else that swims, flies, or crawls. The Rotaract Club
is celebrating 50 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have a
dinner at the Humboldt tap room Tuesday March 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>.Raffle tickets
are available. Coincidentally March 10—16 is World Rotaract Week. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A representative from CASA talked about The
Spamley Cup- a spam cookoff Sunday April 28<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our outgoing Exchange student Estrella is
going to Brazil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s making tamales 6
for 15 dollars, 12 for 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a
fundraiser. They will be delivered at the next meeting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our presenter was Cecilia
from the Raven Project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The non- profit
serves homeless youth. They provide a place to drop in and get a hot shower and
they give out survival supplies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are funded by a $200,000 federal grant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also received $16,000 from the Sign Smith Fund.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will supply interns for local businesses
and pay their wages in exchange for training. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For those of you that are curious,
lunch consisted of turkey slices in stuffing, bratwurst, mashed potatoes, onion
rings, and the ubiquitous salad bar. Martha Stewart served the same menu at her last party. See you next week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
The Rotary Club of Eurekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397711699085140857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760684725194963669.post-78320031611497215662019-02-26T15:11:00.002-08:002019-02-26T15:11:47.901-08:00February 25, 2019
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Past president Bruce Smith stood in for Brad Mettam, who was
out of town. Menu was veal or spaghetti, the usual salad bar, and chocolate
mousse for dessert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ted Loring was
awarded Rotarian of the Week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wasn’t there
to accept the award.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klark Swan reminded us that Rotary’s Mardi
Gras fundraiser will be held on March 16<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> at the Redwood Conference
Center. She would like to have everyone let her know if they are attending so
she can get an idea of how much food to get. There’s a Rotary District Conference
happening in Reno May 7-19<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>. They are calling it The Four Way Fest”
Very clever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Our presenter was Scott
Adair, new director of Economic development for Humboldt County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looks to expand local businesses by
connecting them to sources of funding like the Headwaters Fund.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s also looking to bring new industries to
the county.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He mentioned the new fish farm
planned for Samoa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have a theme
Prosperity 2018 and are poised for growth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They organized a trip to a trade show for 21 local businesses which was
very successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s been on the job four
months, and his last position was in Salt Lake City Utah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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umbrella.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
The Rotary Club of Eurekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397711699085140857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760684725194963669.post-68423317205681284112019-02-05T12:22:00.000-08:002019-02-05T13:11:48.117-08:00February 4 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Brad Mettam had taken the day off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carly Robbins, our president-elect, filled
in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Burt Campton gave the
invocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He quoted the lyrics from “Such
a Wonderful world” most notably sung by Louie Armstrong. Rotarian of the week
was Rick Littlefield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>There’s a memorial
for J. Warren Hockaday on February 23<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at
2:30pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dennis Hunter was recognized for
being in the TS .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was involved in the
Wednesday dinners planned to fund raise for the Coast Guard during the
government shutdown. Klark Swan reminded us of the Rotary fundraiser Mardi Gras
on March 15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There won’t be
a drawing but there will be a Dutch auction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Our outbound Exchange student was assigned
to Brazil. She’s selling tamales for $20 a dozen as a fundraiser for her
trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keith Crossley introduced our newest
Paul Harris Fellow Jim Zessa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
contributed $4,000 to RI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Our presenter
was John O’Connor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He works for Papa
& Barkley a manufacturer of hemp based products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>P& B got its name from the founder’s father
who had terminal cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After trying
many ineffective salves, he mixed marijuana with coconut oil and came up with
an ointment that reduced pain and increased appetite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lived another 4 years due to the ointment.
Barkley was his dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The company has leased
the K-Mart building in Eureka and will have 200 employees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also makes Epidiolex, a prescription
product that reduces seizures in epilepsy patients.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">In case you’re hungry the lunch menu was tri-tip or ham
slices, mashed potatoes, salad bar and cake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
The Rotary Club of Eurekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397711699085140857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760684725194963669.post-50436622279113260362019-01-29T13:38:00.000-08:002019-01-29T13:38:22.072-08:00January 28th, 2019<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">ROTARY CLUB OF EUREKA IS 95 YEARS OLD</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong>Remarks by Dr. Kim <span style="font-family: "times";">Bauriedel originally delivered January 21, 2019</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">For over 30 years our past President and past District Governor, Charlie Strope, would<br />periodically present to our club a short statement about some aspect of the history of our club.<br />Frequently, during the month of October he would speak longer, telling us about how our club<br />began. Charlie used October as our anniversary month because that was when the club was<br />organized (10 Oct 1923)<br />However, in Rotary and in particular our club, there is no precise definition as to when our<br />anniversary should be. The formation of a new Rotary Club does not occur at a precise time, but<br />results from a series of meetings which are held over a long time period. Even Rotary<br />International, which uses 23 Feb 1905 as its birthday, may not be entirely correct. There is no<br />dispute that Paul Harris, our founder, gathered 3 other businessmen to meet with him for the<br />purpose of exploring the idea of having a frequent gathering of some business people for the<br />purpose of fellowship.<br />It was only later that the idea of weekly meetings, business ethics and promotion,as<br />constitutions, bylaws, policies and regulations, not to mention the idea of service<strong> </strong>For over 30 years our past President and past District Governor, Charlie Strope, would<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">periodically present to our club a short statement about some aspect of the history of our club.<br />Frequently, during the month of October he would speak longer, telling us about how our club<br />began</span>. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Charlie used October as our anniversary month because that was when the club was<br />organized (10 Oct 1923)<br />However, in Rotary and in particular our club, there is no precise definition as to when our<br />anniversary should be. The formation of a new Rotary Club does not occur at a precise time, but<br />results from a series of meetings which are held over a long time period. Even Rotary<br />International, which uses 23 Feb 1905 as its birthday, may not be entirely correct. There is no<br />dispute that Paul Harris, our founder, gathered 3 other businessmen to meet with him for the<br />purpose of exploring the idea of having a frequent gathering of some business people for the<br />purpose of fellowship.<br />It was only later that the idea of weekly meetings, business ethics and promotion, as </span></span></span>to mankind,<br />entered into the world of Rotary.<strong> </strong>Even the Name Rotary was not selected immediately. So<br />which of all of these possible dates should the anniversary of Rotary really be dated from? 23<br />Feb has become the tradition.<br />Everything is just as confused with the Rotary Club of Eureka. We have the organizational date<br />of 10 October 1923, but there is also the date that application to Rotary International for<br />membership was signed, which was 18 Oct 1923. Then there was the date that RI signed the<br />charter for the Rotary Club of Eureka, which was 9 November 1923. Finally, the charter was<br />presented to the club by the district governor at the Charter Night Dinner which was held on 12<br />January 1924. Like Rotary International exploratory meetings were conducted for more than 6<br />months prior to the organizational date. Should one of those dates be the anniversary? Charlie<br />Strope chose the 10 of October for his talks. This year, for our 95 th anniversary, we have placed<br />it closer to 12 January.<br />How did this all come about? Charlie usually indicated that Henry J. “Bru” Brunnier, who was a<br />member, and past President of the Rotary Club of San Francisco and who was a past District<br />Governor and who would become RI President in 1952-53, was the main organizer. Although<br />Bru was at the organizational meeting on 10 October, it is unlikely that he was doing the earlier<br />work of finding the charter members and educating them.<br />RC SF had been, since its founding, expanding Rotary along the west coast, particularly on the<br />peninsula and East Bay areas. By 1919 they were pushing into Marine County looking<br />northward. Within our current District 5130, clubs in Napa, Santa Rosa and Petaluma were</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">established in the 1920-23 period before our club was chartered. We know that some<br />exploratory meetings were held as early as April 1923. Some of those present never joined<br />Rotary and the eventual Charter Members were not necessarily involved early on.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
Likely what happened is that after the NWPRR was opened in 1914, the numbers of travelers<br />
and business persons coming to Eureka increased. Eureka citizens became aware of the need for<br />
developing a first class hotel to accommodate the visitors. Committees were formed, a board of<br />
directors was selected, money was raised and the Eureka Inn was opened for business in Oct<br />
1922. To manage the Inn, the directors found Leo Lebenbaum to fulfill this role. Leo owned the<br />
Wiltshire Hotel on Stockton St in SF. The hotel still functions, but it is now called Compton<br />
Place Hotel. Leo began traveling frequently to Eureka, probably in 1919 or 20 to help organize<br />
the future operations of the Inn. As it turned out Leo was also a member of the Rotary Club of<br />
San Francisco.<br />
To further add to the mix, the incoming District Governor for 1923-24, a Paul Reiger, was also a<br />
member of RC San Francisco. It is likely that Paul and Leo discussed the idea of creating a club<br />
in Eureka. Both Paul and RC SF gave Leo permission to carry out an exploratory attempt to<br />
form a club in Eureka.<br />
Given the situation of Leo regarding the Inn, it was natural that he would seek out people who<br />
were helping to supply the Inn or who had businesses close to the Inn. Many of the early<br />
stockholders (13) in the Inn became charter members of RCE or later became members. There<br />
were 7 of the 16 board of directors who became Charter Members. It is likely that the<br />
exploratory meetings were held at the Inn. During these early meetings, Leo would educate the<br />
potential new members in the ways of Rotary. Some liked the idea and others chose not to<br />
become involved.<br />
Early on, Hugh Graham of Mercer Frasier was selected to be chairman of this exploratory group.<br />
Bill Vietor became the Secretary. By October, Leo had decided that there was a sufficient core<br />
group of 21 individuals who would become the charter members of the club. Arrangements were<br />
made for a delegation of Rotarians from RC SF headed by Bru Brunnier, with the help of Leo,<br />
for the purpose of providing further instruction and to help the new club to complete the<br />
application for membership, to come to Eureka. Other members of RCSF who helped at the Oct<br />
23 1923 noontime meeting at the Eureka Inn were R. R. Rogers, William Larkin, Mike<br />
Savannah, Milton Anderson, Earl Curtis, Oscar Bolderman, Carina griffin, Sam Ackerley,<br />
Charles Waters ad George Beaudreaux of RC Santa Rosa.<br />
This was no simple task, as the group also had to prepare a constitution and bylaws for the club,<br />
as well as elect a president, secretary and treasurer. The group selected Ritchie Woods, a<br />
pharmacist, to be the President and Warren Innes had the job of Secretary until his death in 1934.<br />
Hugh Graham served as Treasurer until July 1924, when the club decided that the Secretary<br />
could also do the Treasurer’s job. There was no club Treasurer again until 1939. These<br />
agreements between the Charter Members occurred on 10 Oct 1923. The actual application was<br />
prepared on 18 October 1923. This was sent to RI headquarters in Chicago by train.<br />
The application was reviewed and approved rather quickly given that it would have taken several<br />
days for the application to get to RI by train. The charter was signed by RI on 9 November 1923,<br />
which our bylaws used as the date for the club’s annual general meeting for many years. The<br />
charter number was 1552, indicating that 1551 clubs had become part of Rotary before our club.<br />
Many decades later a new club number was assigned to us as 376. At that time Rotary existed in<br />
27 countries.<br />
The charter, in those days, was then transmitted to the District Governor for formal presentation<br />
to the club. These presentations typically took place at a dinner gathering of charter members,<br />
guests and usually a delegation from the sponsoring club. Our dinner was arranged for 12 Jan<br />
1924, a Saturday, at the Eureka Inn. About 12 Rotarians from SF came up on the train and by<br />
cars for this dinner. The group included DG Paul Reiger and Howell Ware President of RC San<br />
Francisco. Unfortunately, PDG Bru Brunnier was not able to attend the dinner. They stayed<br />
overnight at the Eureka Inn. After touring the Pacific Lumber Company property near<br />
Pepperwood on Sunday and having a meal hosted by the timber company, they returned to San<br />
Francisco.<br />
In later years, sponsoring and other helping clubs would provide the new club with a bell, US<br />
Flag, various Rotary Banners. It is unknown what gifts RC SF might have provided to our club.<br />
It was the rule in Rotary at that time that a club had to wait 3 months before they could bring in a<br />
new member. This would give the club time to further organize themselves and to settle into<br />
some kind of routine for their meetings. The first new member to RC Eureka was William J<br />
Quinn, MD, who was admitted on 3 March 1924.<br />
Leo Lebenbaum continued to oversee the workings of the Inn. The onsite manager, Emile<br />
Iversen, became Charter Member representing the Eureka Inn. He left this position in 1928. Leo<br />
Lebenbaum eventually sold his hotel in SF and moved to Eureka full time. He then personally<br />
managed the Inn from 1930 to 1943. It was during this period that Leo became a member of the<br />
Rotary Club of Eureka, which he had helped to start and in fact he was likely the guide and<br />
teacher for the whole process. A debit of gratitude is owed to the Rotarians from San Francisco<br />
and to our Charter Members, who demonstrated Service above Self in establishing the Rotary<br />
Club of Eureka, from which so many good things have happened in Eureka, Humboldt County<br />
and the larger world.<br />
Please join us at the back of the room where PE Carly Robbins and Brad Mettam have cut the<br />
95 th Anniversary cake to enjoy a piece of our history.<br />
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January 28th meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka.<br />
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Brad Mettam presided. Pat Folkins said that there would be a service for J. Warren Hockaday<br />
on March 22nd. Our Mardi Gras fundraiser is March 15th 5:30-730 pm at the Sequoia Conference Center. Dennis Hunter recently celebrated his 40th wedding anniversary. Nancy Dean has exchange students going to Egypt. Carton Nielsen reminded the club that the District Conference is coming soon. Our presenter was Melody McGuire of the Humboldt County Offic Of Education. She is in charge of the Science Fair. Several students brought their exhibits to the club. Rotary's contribution of $5,000 allows winners from our science fair to go to Los Angeles and compete on a statewide level..The Rotary Club of Eurekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397711699085140857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760684725194963669.post-84035369342958542102019-01-15T09:21:00.001-08:002019-01-23T13:13:57.513-08:00January 14 2019<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> <strong>95 YEARS OF EUREKA ROTARY</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: small;"> We all know that the first Rotary Club was organized in Chicago in1905. We may not be aware that club number two was organized in San Francisco by Manuel Munoz, a salesman by trade, and his friend Homer Wood, a lawyer. Clubs were then organized in Oakland, Seattle and Los Angeles before a rotary club was ever organized on the east coast.</span><br />
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Prior to 1923 there was no club on the North Coast. The district governor at the time was enthusiastic about starting a club in Eureka. Our local response was not exactly overwhelming. <br />The District governor was not to denied, however, and San Francisco Rotarian Leo Lebenbaum came to Eureka in 1922 to manage the brand new Eureka Inn and assisted by past governor Bru Brunier, helped set up an organizational meeting of the 21 charter members on October 10, 1923.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sad day for our local club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>J Warren Hockaday, long time Rotarian, passed away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was loved and respected </span>by all.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Brad Mettam opened the meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nathan Nilsen gave the invocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The menu included the traditional combination
of fried cod and spaghetti.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr. Kim made
an announcement of the club’s 95<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> anniversary coming up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>March 15 is the date for the club’s fund
raiser Mardi Gras. There will be no cash prize this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be another party later in the year
including a raffle. Edward Jones financial adviser Leslie Wilhelm gave her craft
talk. She started her career as a bank teller<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>in 2015 and moved swiftly to loan officer and then to financial
adviser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a native of Port Angeles
Washington and has a horse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Our presenter was Heidi Benzonelli-Burden head of the
Jefferson Project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The former elementary
school has been converted to a family resource center, clothing closet, playground,
and distributor of free produce. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are developing a neighborhood network that acts together to clean up the
eyesores in the area and reduces crime and raises property values.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">President Brad Mettam called upon Pat Folkins to lead us in
the flag salute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Patrick Cleary gave the
invocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Menu was Turkey or Ribs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Matthew Owen who always
volunteers for crowd control at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, said this year’s
highlight was a float that caught on fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A new Rotarian was sworn in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
didn’t get his name, but he works in property management and has lived here all
his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He remembers when there was a
30-foot slide and a real steam engine in Sequoia Park. He was in the National Guard
and graduated from HSU. Carly Robbins said that Backpacks for Kids would be
starting up and needed volunteers to pack bags Thursdays at 4 pm . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our speaker was
Ross Welch from the Arcata Economic Development Commission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They give economic help to business
opportunities. AEDC actually has its offices in Eureka.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their clients include Humboldt Distillery,
Dick Taylor Chocolates, Los Bagels, Open Door Clinic Carson Block Building
Eureka Rescue Mission and Hoopa Grocery Store<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Today’s meeting was held off site at the Recology Center in
Samoa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brad Mettam led the meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We pledged to a projected image of the flag
and did the invocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Continued good
wishes for J. Warren Hockaday, who is recovering from successful cancer
treatments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The menu was Mexican
food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tacos enchiladas beans and
rice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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California Assemblyman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He spoke on
various topics including wild fires and health care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The meeting room was full of recycled objects:
Manikins, slot machines plastic bottles and the walls were covered with the art
of Linda Wise head of Recology Arcata.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">A good time was had by all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Welcome to December.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s disease prevention treatment month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now that you’ve lost your appetite let’s discuss the menu. Your choice
of tri tip or chicken cordon bleu roasted potatoes and blackberry cobbler for
dessert. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chuck Ellsworth gave us a Quaker moment. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brad Mettam presided, resplendent in his
Rotary Vest. Keith Crossley brought Rick and Betty Littlefield to the podium to
announce that Betty would become a Paul Harris fellow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rick contributed an additional $1000 to add
to his fellowship. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our program was Christmas songs by Eureka High’s Limited Edition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They included such classics as Carol Of the
Bells and White Christmas and a humorous version of the Twelve Days Of
Christmas plus a new song “White Winter Hymnal written by the Fleet Foxes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were directed by Charles Young.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Next week the meeting is off site at the Recology recycling
center in Samoa. Congressman Jim Wood will be speaking. You’ll need to RSVP to
Klark Swan pretty soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Merry Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today’s menu was fried cod or ham steaks with vegetable
medley. Brad Mettam was out of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Town so Carly Robbins was leading the meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Kay led us in the flag salute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jay Reed gave the invocation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carly announced that December was Foundation
Month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>S</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">pecial Announcement:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>December 17 The Rotary Meeting will be held on
location at The Recology Center in Samoa. RSVPs are required if you want
lunch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Assemblyman Jim Woods will be there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Also a reminder that the club will be dark on
12/24 and 1/1/19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gregg Gardiner put in a
word for Toys For Tots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are also
collecting for Fire victims.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our presenter was Scott Pesch who works for Pacific Partners
Property Management.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He reported on the
state of property management in 2018.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Warehouse space has increased in value due to the marijuana business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Total real estate sales were 582,840,545.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>79% of that was residential, 6% multi-family
(apartments) 7 % land and 8% commercial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He said sales have doubled in the last five years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever wonder what a “triple net lease” is?
Rent + property taxes + insurance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
of you who knew that raise your mouses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lunch consisted of fried turkey, squash blossoms and
burritos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Mike Cunningham gave the invocation. Carly Robbins, president elect,
announced that Mark Murghia would succeed her as President.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good for you, Mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rotarian of the week was Jay Bahner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don Leonard donated $40 for Backpacks for
kids. Eveeryone put $20 on the table to fund the annual turkey donation to the
Rescue Mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mindy Bussman announced that
Charlie Bussman had donated $500 to the turkey fund.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redwood empire BMX received a grant from the
club to shipping containers to store their stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our Speaker was Greg Foster,
executive Director of the Redwood Regional Economic Development Commissiion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>make loans to local businesses-micro loans of under 50,000 and larger loan:
at 8-10% nterest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have funds totaling
18 million and more is on the way. He also supports “Fly Humboldt” which
advocates for more routes for ACV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are adding a Denver flight<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>next November.
Anyone want to take over the burl?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The menu was Mexican food including rice beans tortillas
chicken enchiladas, and cupcakes. Arny gave the invocation with his cute little
daughter on his hip. Nick from the library said the Harry Potter celebration
went well. 1000 people came, some in costume.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He’s going to make it an annual thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Klark Swan was designated Rotarian
Of The Week. Ken Stodder couldn’t wait to talk about the Boston Red Sox winning the World Series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had on
the complete outfit including the hat, a red sox jacket, and of course, red
socks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was recognized for 100
dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>There are four new directors for
next year, Jerry Reese, Alicia Cox, George Owren, and Chuck Ellsworth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our speaker was President of HSU Lisa Rossbacher. She said
22% of their students graduate within 4 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an improvement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had
to make 10 million dollars in cuts over the last 10 years, including
football.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are spending their
reserve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may start up a nursing program
in conjunction with CR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is retiring at
the end of the year so she didn’t have much to say.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dennis Hunter led us in the flag salute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pat Folkins gave the invocation. Lunch
included fried cod, mashed potatoes, broccolini and chocolate cake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>President Brad Mettam mentioned that polio
was now confined to three countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don Leonard reminded everyone that Sign Smith
Applications were due on the 31<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> of October.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carley said she could use volunteers for the
Backpacks for kids stuffathon on Thursdays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Report to Humboldt Moving and Storage. Rotarian of the week is Jennifer
Budwig. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our presenter was superintendent of Eureka City Schools Fred Von Vleck.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his biggest challenges is
a policy which allows the student to go to his school of choice. Students
normally assigned to Eureka High can instead choose Arcata or Freshwater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This cuts the funding for EHS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also has a problem recruiting quality
teachers and classified staff because there are not as many applicants .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of the the teacher shortage The students
are two years behind normal by the time they get to 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> grade. So to
offset this they are building a new gymnasium at a cost of 20 million
dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go Loggers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Menu: Ribs or fried fish, Potatoes with ham, dessert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greg Williston gave the invocation, noting
that last Monday was Columbus Day, and also Indigenous People’s day,
celebrating the few survivors of the “discovery” of the “New world” Most were
enslaved, died of various diseases carried by their discoverers or were
uprooted and forced to march to the deserts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On some reservations children were taken to boarding schools because the
authorities deemed their parents unfit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There were hundreds of women and children massacred. To cap it all off,
Columbus was really looking for the East Indies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first person to “discover” North America
was Leif Erickson in 1000 AD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jay Warren
Hockaday sent a nice note to the club thanking them for the Get Well Soon Card
they had sent him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sue Bosch won an
award from Kiwanis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phil Nicklas’s wife
had a baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>George Owren had a grandson
on the EHS football team. Look Pad who is our exchange student from Thailand,
not a new Apple Product, gave the club mementoes from her country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A casually dressed newly retired Tom
Schallert announced that the Blood Mobile they obtained with matching grants
from Rotary had been shipped to Nigeria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We inducted two new members but I didn’t get their names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our presenter was Barb Spangler our District
Governor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She spoke to this year’s theme
“Be the Inspiration” and urged us to do what matters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the things her father taught
her:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s nice to be nice, and” You can
do it, Barbie baby”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That motivated her
to become the first female sumo wrestler to compete in a tournament in Japan. (
just kidding)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Menu: Chicken somewhere in a white sauce. mashed potatoes
and gravy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruce Rupp gave the
invocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He asked us to remember John
Winzler who is in the hospital recovering from surgery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nancy Kay of the league of women voters
introduced our program which was a debate between 7 of the 12 candidates for
Eureka City mayor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were Susan
Seamon, Heidi Messner, Michelle Constantine, Caroline Brooks, Leslie
Castillano, Hailey Lamb, and Anthony Mantova.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Next week the other five candidates will be debating,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Statements by the candidates can be found in
your voter’s handbook so I won’t get in to it here. Dpn't forget to vote.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
The Rotary Club of Eurekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397711699085140857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760684725194963669.post-10128857917117642852018-09-18T09:23:00.000-07:002018-09-20T09:02:40.814-07:00September 17 2018<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The full lunch has gone up to $15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week it was beef hash or swiss chicken
with spice cake for dessert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>President
for now Brad Mettam called on Pat Folkins to lead the flag salute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lynn our newest Blue Badger gave the invocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J Warren Hockaday texted that he is now
cancer free but still needs to regain his strength. Keith Crossley is still
recovering from his stroke. John Winzler is in the hospital.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Raffle tickets are available for the Foundation
dinner Sat. 9/20. Patrick Cleary was named Rotarian of the week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pedals for Polio, a fund-raising bike ride
from Ft. Bragg to Lakeport will be held October 2<sup>nd</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> $</span>100 donation gets you a riding shirt made
from polypropylene. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Our presenter for the day was Nick Wilczek, head of the Humboldt
county Library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said, “every job is a
service job”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He used to be in the hospitality
business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His last job was at the Arcata
branch library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Humboldt County has
24 branches and a bookmobile. Last year they circulated 984,000 books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had a quote:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bad libraries build collections-good
libraries build services, and great libraries build communities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can order books from the internet at Zip
books for a dollar and return them to the library after you’ve re read them. If
you have a library card you can go to overdrive.com and get e-books for your
kindle.</span>The Rotary Club of Eurekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397711699085140857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760684725194963669.post-32722239705396652392018-09-12T13:16:00.005-07:002018-09-12T13:16:49.063-07:00September 10, 2018
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lunch menu was pork bolus or deep-fried cod accompanied by
Mashed potatoes and salad bar. Carly Robbins gave the invocation. It was noted
that J. Warren Hockaday was still undergoing treatment for his illness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keith Crossley is recovering from a stroke
and is resting at home. Klark Swan reminded us of Foundation dinner North
happening October 21<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Raffle tickets are available-$20 each or six for 100 dollars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">New Rotarian
Nick Wilczek was introduced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is the
new director of the Humboldt County Library. He wasn’t given a Red Badge. “he’ll
just have to make his own” said President Brad Mettam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our presenter was
William Wade, exchange student newly returned from a year in Belgium. He said “I
left Belgium but Belgium will never leave me” His first host family were
Muslims from Morocco. The country needed coal miners, so they asked the Moroccans
to emigrate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His favorite foods in
country were couscous, Belgian fries, waffles, and chocolate. He visited every
part of the country using cheap bus and train tickets. He attended local
schools but found it difficult to understand the teachers because he spoke
little French.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had 12 different
classes which rotated throughout the week. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He travelled to Paris, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
Now he’s back and needs a full-time job so contact him if you know of one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Meeting adjourned early.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today’s menu featured lasagna and barbequed ribs with salad
bar and chocolate cake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Carly Robbins called the meeting to order as president pro
tem in the absence of Brad Mettam. Nathan Nilsen gave the invocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then Red badger Anthony Stubbs was asked to
give his craft talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s been a CPA for
12 years and has had his red badge for three of those years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has a great job and a wonderful family or
vice versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rick Littlefield commented
on the Fire Relief Fund.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To raise funds
someone had donated 6 Giants tickets for the game against the Padres on Wednesday
September <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">26<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup></b>. Bidding
was lack-luster and they went for $150.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our Presenter was Kenny Spain from the Humboldt County Economic
Development Division.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He talked about the
Headwaters Fund and how it wasn’t raising as much money as it used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>22 Million is designated for economic
development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more information on
meetings, come to the meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
The Rotary Club of Eurekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397711699085140857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760684725194963669.post-33470176238719319382018-08-15T10:03:00.001-07:002018-08-15T10:03:52.373-07:00August 13, 2018
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Turkey rolls highlighted the lunch selection. Sausage and potatoes came in second. Don Leonard
led the flag salute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Fullerton gave
the invocation. Brad Mettam presided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ken Stodder mentioned that the Red Sox were 85 and 35 this season. The
club got a plaque from the Coast Guard. Mathew Owen announced a Done In A Day
project at Carson Park this coming Saturday-pulling weeds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Toys For Tots kicks off its campaign this
month with a dinner at Blue Lake Casino. Rick Littlefield asked for more
donations to the fire relief fund.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
have raised $12,000 so far.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our speaker Rob Homelund oversees community and economic
development for Eureka. He said we only built 8 houses in Eureka this last
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 6 the year before. </span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">He blames outdated zoning laws
adopted in the 1960’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These require so
much parking per resident that high density housing is not feasible. He also
said that they are in the process of creating 19 murals in the city, and they’ll
be done this weekend.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lots more exciting things happened but you missed them. Come
by and have lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Rotary Club of Eurekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397711699085140857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760684725194963669.post-90018045644474511652018-08-07T12:50:00.001-07:002018-08-07T12:50:13.954-07:00August 6 2018
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brad Mettam presided, wearing a colorful vest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nancy Dean gave the invocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said that Keith Crossley is in the
hospital after suffering a stroke. Past president Bruce Smith held up a Times-Standard
picture of Brad and demanded compensation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don Leonard asked when he could trade in the gold coin he won last week
for real money. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />Former exchange student from Denmark Martin Grieve (2009-10)
returned for a visit and brought pictures of his apprenticeship as an electrical
technician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He bought a house in the
country and 100 acres of farm land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Gregg Gardiner said that Toys For Kids now serves 8000 children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just bought 37 pallets of toys at a toy
show. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our speaker was CHP Public information Officer Paul Craft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said that response times were slow because
they only have 30 officers to cover the entire county. They also help out
during the fires- and give talks to organizations like ours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dennis Hunter pauses to reflect.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Our new President Brad Mettam opened the meeting from the
opposite end of the room 30 feet away from the windows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The meeting had relocated but the food hadn’t
changed. This week’s lunch was stuffed peppers or fried cod, scalloped potatoes,
salad bar and blueberry cake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dennis
Hunter gave the invocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim Davis
had passed away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J Warren Hockaday was
in the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Brad gave Mike Martin a
hard time about his Rotary badge, the last of its kind, it is square and made
out of plastic. Some time in the 90’s Rotary came up with a new badge design
but it never stuck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruce Smith got his
past president’s pin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brad introduced
his new board of directors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pat Folkins
gave a eulogy for Jim Davis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a
Rotarian for over 40 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until his
retirement in 1993 He was head of the Forest service and superintendent of Six
Rivers National Forest. Services will be held on July 26<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> at Christ
Episcopal church.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Matthew Owen invited volunteers to paint the Boy’s and Girl’s
club on the 21<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>-one of his Done in A Day Projects. Our exchange student Lila auctioned off some succulents to raise money
for her travels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Want to buy a coastie a
steak dinner?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Donate $25.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens on August 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Christian Hill introduced our speaker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr. Roberta Ruskin-Hawk is the first female
CEO of St. Joseph Hospital. She looks forward to the challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to know more about what she said,
slip me a fiver at the next meeting And I’ll tell you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Hank Ingham<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Today was the traditional de-bunking of the
President.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was quite a show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the actual plan as penned by Matthew
Owen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">An ambulance (Bruce thinks it’s a limousine) with
sirens howling pulls up to Bruce Smith’s Premiere Financial office (725 6th
Street – Eureka).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">The EMTs go into the office yelling for “Bruce
Smith”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">“We had a 9-1-1 call for Bruce Smith!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">They locate <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bruce Smith</b> in his office, strap him onto a gurney, place him in
the ambulance and drive him out to the Elk’s Lodge with the sirens wailing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">We open the de-bunking meeting with Bruce
Smith being escorted to the front of the room still strapped into the gurney.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Past-president <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dr. Kim Bauriedel</b> comes to the front of the room with a heart in
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">“President Bruce, you started your year with
a heart attack. Frankly we were all were thrilled when we heard that, as we
didn’t think you had a heart.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Kim will go on with more about the Rotary
Club of Eureka having a heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Past-president <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matthew Owen</b> will play a YouTube video of the highlights (blank
screen) of Bruce Smith’s year in Rotary and show a photo of the inspiration of
Bruce Smith as our Rotary Club President.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Matthew will announce that Rotary Club will
be black next week for Martin Luther King Day, but will be white again the
following week for Columbus Day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Past-president <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dennis Hunter</b> will talk about the excitement from President Bruce
Smith’s Rotary project of the year, “Empowering the Next Generation”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">“It’s been a year now, so the Rotary Club
Board of Directors and the entire club membership would like to know what “Empowering
the Next Generation” project really is.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Will everyone who has had or will have a
birthday in 2018, please stand up to be recognized. For every birthday in the
room, we are going recognize Bruce Smith for $10, as our Rotary bank account
needs to be replenished after a year of Bruce Smith.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Past-president <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lane Strope</b> will present President Bruce Smith an envelope from
Rotary District Governor Bob Rogers with all of the awards the Rotary Club of
Eureka won this past year. The envelope will be blank.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Lane will then talk about his thoughts of a
year with President Bruce Smith.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Past-president <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hank Ingham</b> will share his words of wisdom of a year with President
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">“President Bruce Smith always shared his
words of wisdom with us. Here’s some back to you Bruce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are some pearls of wisdom that didn’t
quite make it to the meetings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">“A fool and his money-Hey, that’s our ideal
client”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">It is easier for a camel to pass through the
eye of a needle than it is to understand our fee structure”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">A penny saved is 8 tenths of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a penny earned: results are not guaranteed
and subject to market fluctuations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Bruce occasionally used parables .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the
parable of the financial adviser the client and the bag chickens.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The advisor met with the client and noticed
client had a bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“what’s in the bag ?
he asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Chickens!” said the
client.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like chickens said the advisor,
I could grow them for you.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OK said the
client “If you can guess how many chickens are in this bag I’ll give you both
of them!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">The counselor pondered a moment and said
“Three?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">The moral don’t let your financial advisor count
your chickens .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Another chicken story. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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client brought a hen into his financial advisor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’d like you to take care of this hen for me
and give me the eggs to me <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to eat when I
retire” No problem said the investment counselor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He took the hen, pulled out a hatchet from
his desk desk drawer and cut its head off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What did you do that for?” said the client.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Oh, that’s my fee the fund is front loaded” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">The moral: quit while you ‘re<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a head<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I’m not saying Bruce is bad at his job…<br />
…but when I went into his office and asked him to check my balance, he tried to
push me over<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bruce saw a bank that said if offered 24 Hour Banking.” But he didn’t go
in He didn’t have that much time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bruce’s wife had decided to trim her household budget wherever possible,
so instead of having a dress dry-cleaned she washed it by hand. Proud of her savings,
she boasted to Bruce , Just think, we are ten dollars richer because I washed
this dress by hand. Good, Bruce quickly replied. Wash it again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I asked Bruce to buy IBM stock and he asks me for the ticker symbol.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Just got some good news from Bruce<br />
…he told me I can retire at 62 and live comfortably <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for 11 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Speaking of money…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">This may have something to do with President
Bruce Smith taking a few months off in the middle of his Presidency to go to
Uzi-back-istan to marry off his daughter. Rumors started circulating that
hundreds of thousands of dollars went missing from the Rotary account about
this same time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">EPD Captain
Stephens</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;"> comes into the room and
announces he has a warrant for the arrest of Bruce Smith for embezzlement and
financial impropriety.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Captain Stephens handcuffs Bruce Smith and
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">After fingerprints and mug shots, Bruce Smith is driven back to Premiere
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This was a special meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rotarian and past District Governor Dave Dillon was honored for his many
contributions to Rotary and the community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dillon 89, received 3 standing ovations by club visitors and guests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>A member of Rotary for 51 years, Dillon
served as president of the club from 1976 to 1977. He was Rotarian of the year for
the district in 1990, and was installed as district Governor in 1991-92.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was also a driving force behind organizing
the Rotary youth exchange program in the local district. In addition to his
years of service to the club Dave Dillon also served as director of The Eureka
Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the HSU foundation, Chairman of the United Way
Fund, Chairman of the St. Joseph hospital board of Trustees, and chairman of
the 4H Club Council. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Distinguished guests included Dist. Gov. Bob Roberts on
Erin Dunn, Larry Meyers , Del Rabe, and Terry Clark, all past district Governors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dillon received certificates of appreciation
from Mayor Frank Yager, the Humboldt Co. Board of Supervisors and Congressman Jared
Huffman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition a plaque with his
name on it will be hung in the Rotary Hall Of Fame located in Chicago, the home
of Rotary’s founder Paul Harris<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Lunch consisted your choice of turkey slices surrounding a
glop of stuffing or chicken fried steak in gravy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mashed potatoes salad bar and dessert rounded
out the repast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brad Mettam led us in
the flag salute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Matt Messner gave the
invocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruce Smith presided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Chuck Ellsworth announced that Jim Hoff, a
former Rotarian passed away. There will be a memorial service for him next week.
In other Rotary news Fred Van Vleck’s house caught on fire. George Owren
celebrated his 75<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> birthday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The dictionary project was completed and Back packs for Kids is finished
for the summer. Next week’s meeting is devoted to Dave Dillon’s celebration of
50 years in Rotary so you should attend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dave Dillon Day-don’t miss it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Our presenters were Pete Berti and Dale Maples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re advocates for The Forgotten
Initiative Foster Care Resource Center. They solicit supplies for Foster
Children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dale has taken in lots of
children but has to give them up after 6 months to a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea is to let their families get them
through a bad patch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more info
contact Dale at 834-1604<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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