Rotary Club of Eureka, California

Jan 10, 2011

Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka

(All errors, misspellings, jokes poorly rendered, and inaccuracies are

mine -john)

Lunch: Salad, Beef & Pork Marsala, Rice Pilaf, Chocolate Chip Cookie

Cold Weather.

President Carlton Nielsen called the meeting to order. Ken Stodder led the pledge and Bruce Rupp led prayer.

Visiting Rotarian was Sally of Napa.

No guests.

Student Guests were basketball players from Saint Bernards.

Birthdays and Anniversaries are in the book, congrats to all.

Christmas Party photographs were auctioned off--$25 a piece,

Craft Talk: Dale Warmuth, manager of Leon’s Car Care Center, discussed his business, founded in 1961. He wore a stuffed spleen on his head (or a muffler) and invited everyone to come have a cookie.

Today's Presidential Hat: Chinese? Tibetian? Round, straw and funky for sure.

Greg Pierson’s only daughter was married. 150 people, Ingomar club. He narrowly dodged a $100 fine when his father, and grandfather of the bride, Past President Hank Pierson, decided to pay it.

Matthew Owen managed some winning campaigns in the last election. $65.

Keith Crossley was in the paper and outed as a Mason. $50.

--Gambling Interlude—

$10 GW, $10 JB

PROGRAM

Katherine Burleson from Honor Flight spoke to the club. Founded in 2005, Honor Flight takes WW II veterans, free of charge, to visit the WW II memorial in Washington DC. 26 veterans went last year.

Charles Moon went to fight for his country. He taught music at HSU, and was an artillery observer during the war. He collected some Nazi memorabilia during the Rhine campaign, and shared it with us today.

Lee Klein was from a family of 8, enlisted in the Navy in 1943, learned morse code, did aviation radio, and supplied the Aleutian Island campaign.

Honor Flight takes their next trip April 15^th 2011.

After a rousing ovation, President Nielsen ended the meeting 1 minute early.

Respectfully Submitted,

John Harper