Prez Bill called us to some state of order, and John Phelps (late of the USMC) led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

A considerable aggregation of singers led those present in "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" and "My Country T'is of Thee". One of these was better than the other. Our guest pianist was Past Prez Mike Oates, who later favored us with some Irish tunes. Music being one of the great Irish traditions the other being poetry, fighting and drinking.

Speaking of the Irish- Dan Kiernan provided the thought for the day, and it was good and largely comprehensible to folks who do not hail from NYC.

Visitors and Guests Introduced by part time retired wahine Chris Fraschetti (recently returned from Maui) introduced an entire company of Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

Frank Stroobant- Big Bear
Dale Madsen- YL Sunrise
Dick Boyle - Fullerton South

Placentia
Barry Brown, Jim Roberts, Elizabeth Minter, & Kevin Padilla

Buena Park
Kay Lee, Ed Marks, Dick Westerman,Tony Fonte, Thomas Polley, Steve Chen, Dennis Salts, & Soon Choi. (Our club meeting was a "scheduled" meeting for thier club!!)

Guests

Eileen Nakagawa, Danielle Kenfield, Dick Daybell, & Cindy Osborn.

Area Speech Contest

ADG Wally Bartelt presided over the RID 5320 Area Speech Contest. This is in preparation for there District Contest at the Bowers Museum on 5/1.

The contestants were: Elizabeth Vu (Placentia), Jena Kim (Fullerton South) and Silvica Rosca (Buena Park). Each of these young women spoke on the topic "Lend a Hand", the RI theme for this year. They performed well under the watchful eye and ear of Warren Wimer, Esq., The Rev Dr. Leroy Fulton and PDG/Prof. Jim Young.

Winner Jena Kim makes a point.

Jena Kim (despite her having been introduced by Dick Boyle) was the winner in a close match.

BTW Dick Boyle won the raffle and correctly answered the questions posed by President Bill "Poker Face" Mathy.

World Record for Announcements

Ray Ashcroft - Orange Empire Chorus wil present Annual Concert 4/10 at Plummer ( shows 2 and 7)

Greg Franklin- FUHS Academy of the Arts Gala 4/18 at Plummer.

Greg Franklin - ad opportunity in District Directory and Newsletter.

Les McCarthy (AKA Mike Oates) - Top 100 for SHHS 3/24 at Ebell Club - need help - a sign up list next week.

City Track Meet 3/27

Minard Duncan- Opportunity to purchase banner for Fullerton Centennial

Diane Masseth-Jones- YWCA Chocolate Fantasy Sold out for Friday 3/12

Warren Wimer- Rotary banner form Lillehammer Norway. ( Yah Surrh) Invitation to host DG next time and every time.

Dan Kiernan- Coins for Kids fundraising for Boys and Girls Club.

Fred Johnson foisted recognitions upon:

Bill Mathy for bad joke ( a almost weekly occurrence)
Tom Meyer ( SHHS won CIF)
Drew Napolin had B'day ( no word on which one)
Pat McKinley (saved by Jim Blake's vast knowledge for football prior to the invention of the hard helmet.)

Rotarian of the Week

Claude Jones for his hard work and leadership on Orphanage in Baja Mexico project - including the smuggling of mattresses across the border.

Rotarian of the Week - Claude Jones