Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
Flag Salute and Invocation
Fred Whitmire led the pledge of allegiance and Ryan Fray the invocation.
Guests of Rotarians
Club President Carlton Nielsen’s brother Erik Nielsen and his girlfriend Inese Krole graced our meeting, Lowell Maffia was the guest of Mary Johnson and Nick Bertell attended with Stacy Lane.
Visiting Rotarians
Our only visiting Rotarian was Kathy Philp from Fortuna, guest (and wife) of Gary Philp.
Student Guests
Our exchange student Gabriel Umidon arrived safely in the Bahamas.
Announcements
Nancy Dean represented our club at the local science fair and commended the event and its sponsors.
Kim Bauriedel introduced Doug Lanning as our newest Paul Harris Fellow, after giving a bit of the history on the Paul Harris Foundation. Currently the Foundation collects about 100 million dollars annually to relieve poverty, increase literacy, provide health care and support many other causes.
Eric Bergel says we will soon be getting two female exchange students: one from Norway and another from Brazil. Both are musicians and quite young at age 14 years. He would like to find more host families.
Tim Gallagher reclaimed his lost credit card from President Nielsen (apparently without fine).
Recognitions
Bill McAuley survived the tax season and arrived at Rotary only to face a fine; but he argued that he should get a credit for showing up the same day that Brian Papstein was speaking. Fine was reduced from $30 to $20.
Jason Eads did very well in a recent cook-off of the California Barbecue Association. He was pleased, as were the judges, with his ribs, chicken and other savory animal body parts. That’s $80 Jason. He decided to complete his second Paul Harris Fellowship.
Birthday
Ken Stodder turns eighty-five this week and assured us that he was not there when Paul Revere rode to warn his neighbors.
Program
Brian Papstein needs no introduction to our club and soon found out that a majority of our club have either spoken, advertised or been associated with Eureka Broadcasting. In radio there are two distinct separate customer bases: listeners and advertisers. These two have little or nothing to do with one another—at least on a personal level. Radio should provide a slice of life, and while no station reaches “everybody,” because each has to try to find its niche in terms of music style, age group, ethnicity, every station hopes to reach somebody. Brian says that today’s radio stations are often doing a delicate balancing act between free speech and politically correct mandates put forth by the FCC. A lengthy question and answer period ensued. E.g., How do they know how many listeners they have in our community? Surveys by Arbitron and others, says Brian. The average American spends about three hours per day listening to their radios and Brian spends many more keeping Eureka Broadcasting on the air and serving the community.
Respectfully Submitted,
Dan Price
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