Dec 22, 2011

Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
December 19, 2011


Twas the week before Christmas - December’s last meeting.
We pledged and said grace For what we were all eating –
A wizened old hot dog On a crusty wheat bun
Potatoes and salad with cookies for fun.

“Let’s start five minutes early ”Greg said, so that we
Could vote on a challenge to the newest DG
We all voted “Aye”- It’s too early to tell ,
But our next DG could be Kim Bauriedel

Gregg Gardiner thanked all Who gave Toys for Kids
It’s A wonderful Christmas For tots on the skids.
John Fullerton quit His treasurer’s post
His successor Scott Guild Vowed to give it his most.

“I was glad for the job” We heard John say
And equally glad to give it away”
Kurt Barthel chairs the board at St. Bernard’s School
And is $95 poorer , which seems rather cruel.

Joan Davies answered Greg’s desperate pleas
And freely admitted a trip overseas.
She learned acupuncture had a very good time
But for her confession got stuck with a fine.

Mike Martin was a news story on ABC
Detecting for coins over the sea.
He had found an old spoon the ancient ones hid,
Then dug up $100 for Backpacks for Kids

Next was our program, former spook Jerry Hale
Which if they weren’t all stamped “secret”, could tell us a tale…
An NSA cryptographer who worked secretly
He said NSA stands for “No Such Agency”

“I make codes and break codes” he went on to say
“And our agency’s bigger than the whole CIA”
Then putting a finger aside of his nose
Greg Pierson brought the meeting to a close.

He was chubby and plump a right jolly old elf
And we laughed when we saw him in spite of ourself
But we heard him exclaim as he went out of sight
“No meeting next week, and enough with the short jokes, Ingham...”


 


 


No comments:

Post a Comment