Rotagram for Wednesday July 28, 2004

Rotagram - Meeting Notes and Club News

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Volume 64, Issue 4

Rota-Scribe: Minard Duncan

President Greg Franklin asked Chet Schultz to lead us in the Flag Salute. The Leroy Fulton Songsters a.k.a. Leroy, Ray Ashcroft, Janie Noppe, Howard Wood and Jim Young followed with "America the Beautiful" and "Smile." Leroy did double duty by giving us a great Thought for the Day: What is your source of motivation? Make sure it is honorable. He urged us to live a life with integrity.

Howard Wood also did double duty by introducing our visitors and guests: Bob Halibrozek and Howard Clark - Rotarians from Fallbrook and guests Michael La/Daniel Kang and LLoyd Young/Jim Young.

Jim Young gave us a busy schedule for Paul Harris. During this Centennial Year, he will be traveling to the states of Washington, Illinois and New Jersey as well as to the country of India. During the Rotary International Convention in Chicago, he will be hosting in the restored Paul Harris home!

Ken Kaisch took on the role of Equal Opportunity Abuser as he picked on our distinguished Pres. Franklin for being a sandbagger on the golf course and fined all of the Board of Directors $20 for supporting him. Dan Kiernan was fined $100 for not knowing any Irish songs. For not looking like his picture in the Rotary Roster, Bob Ruhe had to cough up $5. It was discovered that Ken had not seen the most recent picture in the new roster so he was aptly fined. All engineers were fined $1 each because of their iniquities in regard to their attitude toward women. After Carolyn Tormey suggested that each engineer take their wife out to dinner and tell them how much they are appreciated, she was fined $25. And lastly, Ken fined all women for passive aggression. Ken took a lot of abuse himself.

Raffle winner was Tony Amato and he collected $10 for not knowing who was the U.S. president on 2/23,1905, the date Rotary was founded. The answer is Teddy Roosevelt.

Jim McKamy introduced our program favorite - the craft talks:


	Randy McFarland give Craft Talk

Randy McFarland was going to teach us how to weave a paper place mat but scratched that for telling us about his family and life. His grandfather founded a funeral home in Warren, Ohio in 1897 and his first call was from the family of Warren Packard. Mr. Packard was the father of the men who founded the Packard Automobile Co. In 1959, Randy's father purchase a VW bus to move the family from Dearborn to Fullerton - camping all the way.His dad joined the JP Conaty Orthopedic practice on Harbor Blvd. Because of his father's hobbie of trap shooting Randy got pretty good at the sport. His father was also the team physician for FJC (now FCC) so he got the opportunity to attend games for over 25 years. While on the SHHS Varsity Cross Country Team, he set the school record on the original course. He claims the record still stands because the original course was lost due to housing development. Soon after graduating from high school, Randy earned a pilot license. In 1971 he and a friend had a close call in a rented plane that suddenly lost power and he had to emergency land the Cessna 150 in a dirt field behind the Nabisco plant.

Besides running and trapshooting, Randy got highly involved in Competitive Carriage Driving which is basically a versatility contest for horses pulling a carriage. In 1989, he and his team were invited to represent the United states at the Royal Windsor Horse Show and they won the Master's Trophy, presented by the Queen of England, Their team continued to compete and in 1998,

Randy was selected as the first western driver to be on a world championship team. Their team won the silver medal in the World Championship in Austria. Randy attended FJC, UC, CSF and finished his BS Degree in biology at Cal Poly, Pomona. He received a second BS Degree in Prosthetics and Orthodics at the University of Washington in 1977. In 1988, he started his own company, Sunny Hills Orthopedic Services. He has three children, Matthew - 22, Kellie - ?, and Eric - 16. Randy, we are glad you joined Rotary!


	Len Renick delivers Craft Talk

Len Renick - We are happy to report that after a twelve year absence, Len, General Manager of Renick Cadilac/Subaru, returned to our Rotary Club. He grew up in Fullerton and graduated from Fullerton High School in 1964. While in high school, he participated in tennis, swimming and water polo. His skill in swimming earned him a scholarship to Brigham Young University. After two years at BYU, he went to Argentina on a mission for his church where he had many interesting and life altering experiences. Then he transferred to USC to be in their Naval Officer Program. During his naval career, he was a Head Midshipman on a Guided Missile Destroyer.

Len is a professional skier and used his expertise for two years to teach skiing to others in Alta, Utah. He got involved in the very difficult and dangerous sport of Helicopter Skiing in British Columbia and had the harrowing experience of being at the scene of two fatality accidents. Len is a racing and sports car enthusiast. At age 17 he raced at the Riverside Raceway. Starting in 1981 and continuing for fifteen years, he drove sports racing cars and won eight championships. In 1985, he became an importer and distributor of race cars and sold racing gear and safety equipment. He also spent twenty years restoring classic and exotic cars. Len has an interest in prostate cancer counseling and as busy as he is, he makes himself available to those who need counseling. Len and his wife of 33 years, Barbara, have four children. Three are adopted and one is handicapped.

Len, it is great to have you back in Rotary!

Eileen Young, Vice President of Meals On Wheels, extends their thanks to our club for the donation of $1500. They delivered 41,690 meals in 2003. MOW celebrated 30 years of service to the community of Fullerton in 2004. They served 30 clients over 80 and 14 over 90. The oldest is 95.

Next week Bill Jones will be our speaker.