President Bill Mathy asked Lee Myhre to open the meeting by leading the group in the Flag Salute. With accompaniment by Mike Oates, aka Jerry Lee Lewis, the Grifftones followed with "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "Smile." Ray Ashcroft's "Thought for the Day" stressed Keeping FITT. Yes, spelled with double T! His prayer encouraged us to practice Fidelity, Integrity, Trust and Truth.

Guests: Doreen Eadie - Dr. Pat Tormey, Diana Fiore - daughter of Frankie Berry, Gregg Mayes - Chief Pat McKinley, Victoria Simanton - Mike Nomura.

Visiting Rotarians: Hal Anderson - La Palma, Dick Boyle - Perennial visitor from Fullerton South, Elizabeth Minter - Placentia, Mark Schmidt - Villa Park.

Announcements: Scott Dowds - RYLA needs Team Assistants (adult facilitators). Must be 21 years of age or older.
Griff Duncan - Rich Little Concert so far has 54 Fullerton H.S. students in balcony.
Buck Catlin - Applications for Community Investment Awards are due on Feb. 16.
Jim Young - Paul Harris Awards total $111,500. Our club raised $5000. Nice going!
Bob Clark - Save the FOX meeting at Wilshire on Feb. 29.
Elizabeth Minter - Placentia Rotary is sponsoring a Scotch Whiskey Tasting on Feb. 11 at the Alta Vista Country Club. Donation $25, with optional dinner to follow.

New Members: We had the pleasure of welcoming three new members. John Derry, President of Hope University, Randy McFarland, Sunny Hills Orthopedic, and Len Renick, Renick Cadilac/Subaru. Congratulations to each!

Bob Clark, Sr. donated $10 to the person who did not know that Tiger Woods was eight years old when he made his first hole in one, and Tiger has now earned a total of $32 million. Sorry. I forgot who won the raffle.

Program: Our annual District Speech Contest on Lending A Hand was excellent. Christin Gonzales, Fullerton High, spoke on the shortage of nurses and suggested ways to mitigate the problem. Sayli Bhate, Fullerton High, talked about bringing down the walls of ignorance and the misunderstanding of various cultures in regard to immigrants. Eugenia Rho, Sunny Hills High, stated that the disparity between rich and poor continues to increase. The poor, illiterate and mentally and physically challenged are often outcasts. We need to learn how to help them. Gina Kim, Sunny Hills High, discussed how our self-society has cast aside the idea of lending a hand. Some think helping is outdated, unrealistic and impossible but we all need food, drink, caring and love.

Speech coaches were Cindy Osborne-Sunny Hills High and Sal Tinajero- Fullerton High. Judges were Frankie Berry, Ken Kaish and Warren Wimer. Timer was Jim McKamy.

Christin took top honors and Gina was runner-up. All contestants did a great job.

Pres Bill closed with "Never try to teach a pig how to sing. It annoys the pig and wastes your time."