Meeting Notes and Club News Wednesday, August 15, 2001
	Volume 61, Issue 6		Written and reported by Chris Hunt

It was a full house Wednesday with numerous visiting Rotarians and guests and thank goodness we had Chuck Munson to demonstrate the proper Rotarian greeting (Hi so-and-so!). It was a Fullerton Sunrise invasion coming to warn us of their softball prowess with Wayne Patterson, Capt. Al Burks (President of the a.m. club) and Louis Koff.  Gary Flynn, a friend of Art Levine’s, was visiting from the Mammoth Lakes club. Mike Escalante introduced his guest, the new superintendent of the Fullerton Elementary School District, Dr. Cameron McCune. Linda Ross was the guest of Julie Kemp. Obviously bored with retirement, Marty Hairebedian came along with Phil Silverman and all (except Jim Lapak) of our proposed new members were in the house.

PROPOSED NEW MEMBERS

• Josephine McAulay, McAulay & Wallace Mortuary, Mortuary Services, by Winston Creel
• Michael P. Nomura, Citizens Business Bank, Business Banking, by Les Christensen Patricia
• House, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Cultural Center Management, by Bob McNutt Minard
• Duncan, CSUF Supervisor-Elementary Education, Education–Elementary, by Mike Oates Jim
• Lapak, YMCA Director, YMCA Youth Services, by Alan Atwell

Prez Bill marched up Sgt. Major Blackburn to receive the Rotarian of the Week award for his entertaining and comedic turn as our Recognition master. If this were Hollywood, he’d have his own network show!!

And we thought Wally’s questions were tough…Dennis Ulrich was asked to name 3 of the 4 countries that border Ethiopia. Sorry, Dennis, no lifelines in this “opportunity drawing.” The countries are Sudan, Somalia, Kenya and Eritrea. Thanks to Claude Jones for the $10 consolation prize.

If you weren’t there, you missed a special treat – a Jim Young performance of “Casey at the Bat” He beautifully brought the material to life and his performance was delightful.  As a long-time Angels fan, the material seemed too much like life as we hope for our joy in Mudville. I know, dream on…

Don’t forget we are dark at the Elks next week!  We’ll be over at Wildcatters Park in Brea trouncing the other clubs in the softball tournament, watching our kids bounce in the bounce house and enjoying BBQ and libations.  Festivities start at 1 p.m. Softball players should arrive at 12:30 cuz our first game (vs. South) starts at 1 p.m. There is a perpetual trophy at stake this year and Sunrise has been talking tough. Come out and cheer us on!!

Sign up before August 24^th for Rotary Day at the Big Ed on Sunday, September 9^th. Field box seats are $11 (regularly $22). The Angels will take on the Minnesota Twins  at a 1:05 p.m. game. Proceeds from ticket sales will come back to our club. Call Terri Grassi if you haven’t signed up yet.

Frank Kawase publicized the Group Study Exchange that will depart next February for a month in Southwest England. Prospective participants must be young professionals between the ages of 25-40 and be non-Rotarians.

Prospective member Pat House announced the new Native American art exhibit at the Muckenthaler. Reception on the 30^th opens the show that will be viewed through October. Call the Muck for more details.

Prez Bill invited us all to come relax and listen to “Harmony under the Stars” on Saturday, August 25, 8 p.m. at Pearson Park in Anaheim.

Good husband Bill Schenk proudly spoke of his wife’s training for a rigorous marathon walk to benefit leukemia/lymphoma research. Your donation could help fund a cure in the next ten years!

The YWCA invites you to attend a taping of a Town Hall Meeting on Violence Prevention in North Orange County on Thursday, August 23^rd at 2 p.m. at Independence Hall in Buena Park, free parking. Several Rotarians (Pat McKinley, Joyce Capelle and Mike Escalante) among others will participate on the panel. Come join the audience

Did you know that you can hire a CSUF student through the Federal Work Study program? Employers pay only 25% of students’ earnings plus an admin fee. Call Judy Billedeaux at (714) 278-7177

Congrats to Carl Wilkins and wife, Charlotte, as they celebrate 34 years of marriage. Happy Birthday to Lee Myhre (76) and Sandy Fryling (looking radiant).

Jim Armstrong introduced Todd Barber from JPL who presented a fascinating program on the Galileo project. Barber, a confessed pyromaniac, wasn’t surprised to find himself working in propulsion as a career. His first job out of college was 7 years on the Galileo project to Jupiter. Barber brought a terrific selection of slides and humorously chronicled many facets of Galileo’s mission. Interesting facts: The red eye on Jupiter is a perpetual hurricane. Did you know that Galileo ran on 500 watts of power comparable to a hairdryer? Galileo was in the perfect spot to snap photos of a comet colliding with Jupiter. For more information on this amazing mission, check out the websites: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/jupiterflyby/

COMING UP…

August 22 1 p.m. Picnic at Wildcatters Park in Brea(No noon meeting)

August 29 Congressman Ed Royce