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Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Volume 64, Issue 20 Rota-Scribe: Leslie McCarthy

Jim's Last Hurrah - Good Luck Jim

Ron Soderquist gives his
Craft Talk

Dick Daybell gives his
Craft Talk

We were welcomed to Rotary today by our own President Bob.  He was ably assisted by Allyn Lean who led the Pledge of Allegiance and Jim Lapak with the Thought for the Day.  A farewell performance of was provided by bandleader Jim Blackburn.  His dulcet tones will be sorely missed by this club.

Visitors acknowledged by Mr. Keith Mills
Visiting Rotarians:
Larry Bennett Fullerton Sunrise
Bob Burnett  Brea Rotary
Guests  Rotarian
Sue Schoneda  Bob Sattler
Pat Soderquist Ron Soderquist
Ellen Ballard  Cameron McCune
Lanny Couvillon Jim Lapak
Bob Clapp Rick Crane

Announcements 

  • President Bob lead announcements for a Board of Director’s meeting at the city maintenance building tomorrow and added that we need to get with Winston Creel for those concert tickets.
  • Jeff Folsher and Fred Salas from Whiz Bang Productions announced the opportunity to support CSUF Baseball on TV this year.  They will be found on KPMD with advertising packages available starting at $2,500 for a single game. 
  • 48 sets of long johns and gloves were our gift to the men fighting overseas on our behalf.  We donated $1,830 to cover the cost and Dan Kiernan, Larry Bennett and Larry Smith passed along the gratitude of the young soldiers who would benefit from the generosity of the members of our club.
  • Per Bob Clark Jr., the money is in the bank and escrow is opening on the Fox Fullerton Theatre.  A big thank you to all supporters and if you want to jump on the bandwagon, any additional donations would be greatly appreciated.
  • 12-4:  Home Tour to benefit the Muckenthaler Museum.  All proceeds to help fund the school tours and artist packets provided for the Fullerton School Children.
  • 12-14 through 12-16:  Christmas Lunches and Music will be provided for your group outings at the Muckenthaler.  Reservations required.
  • 12-5:  Santa will visit the Muck
  • 12-19:  Sign up for the Rotary Bus going to the boat parade.  Cost is $70 and the bus will leave the Elks Club at 5:00 pm.  Speak with Claude Jones if you didn’t get a chance to register.  Also construction is going well at the orphanage in Mexico and more will follow shortly.
  • Mike Oates presented us with a Rotary Pennant from Shingao (our sister club in Japan).  He also had pictures of the Fullerton Rotary blue and gold surf board that they presented to the club on their visit.  We all wanted to see pictures of Mike on the board surfing off the coast of Japan.  Word is that he couldn’t stay on the board long enough for the picture to be taken, no matter how fast the shutter speed was set.

INDUCTION, INDUCTION, INDUCTION!

Please welcome our newest member, Jay Kraemer.  He is proudly sponsored by Phil Silverman and Minard Duncan.  He is a graduate of Northwestern and USC, and looking forward to “booing” UCLA with the rest of the “Red and Gold” supporters in our membership.

Board of Directors Meeting 7:30 AM Thursday November 18th at the City Maintenance Yard.

Fullerton Rotary’s Foundation Grants

Bob Sattler provided a brief background of our own internal foundation and ended with the hope that it would be remembered in our planned giving now and in the future.  He would like to see it become strong enough to be able to support local projects in perpetuity.  He then turned the microphone over the members of the committee so that the grant awards could be announced: 

$1,000 to Ladera Vista for purchasing books for their media center

$1,600 to Fern Drive to provide an LCD Projector for the teacher’s use

$700 to fund a Kindergarten Sunflower Garden at Laguna Road School and $1,500 for Artist Awards framed and hung in the principle’s office and then sent home with the individual artists

$1,000 to Valencia Park School for a K-3rd grade Garden Project

Thanks to all the committee members Vern Andrews,Terri Grassi, Ray Hanson, and Bob for their work on this committee.

 Making his final appearance, Recognition and Fines were parceled out by Dr. Jim Blackburn

Birthdays included Jim Vanderburg on 11/11, Jim Blake cost wife Kathy $37, Leroy Fulton on 11-13, Michael Lau announced his wife’s name and was fined fully for the gaff, Jim Blackburn celebrates on the 20th and Mary Ashcroft, Norma Jones and Alma Bean were all honored by their spouses with a $25 donation to the Blackburn Fine Fund.  Tom Meyer has been happily married to Linda for 22 years (Linda’s happiness only lasted 1), and Bob Bingaman celebrates 63 years with his wonderful wife.

He ended with a recommendation on how to reach inner peace.  You must finish all the things you have started.  Begin with the open bottle of wine, progress to the balance of the open bottles containing alcohol, eat through the open Oreo’s package and move on to the Prozac.  Finish with Valium and you should feel great now!

Trivia

 President Bob asked raffle winner Dick Glaus about the total active membership of our club (within 1 or 2).  Unable to come up with the number 139, he received $10 from Fred Johnson in consolation. 

Program Craft Talks from Ron Soderquist and Dick Daybell:

Ron Soderquist opened with the fact that he really likes telling a good story, but as his wife was present, he would have to stick to the facts.  He met and married in Akron , Ohio in 1954.  Started working with the Junior Chamber of Commerce for the Summit County distribution of the Sabin Polio vaccine, was a singer on the Hour of Power for 5 years with the Crystal Cathedral.  Made his living from Florida to Texas , Mexico to California as a plastics engineer and helped build several production plants.  His is has been a life following the American Dream.

Dick Daybell is a graduate of San Jose State and earned his Masters at Stanford in Civil Engineering.  He ended up in the Navy OCS at Port Hueneme .  Given his choice of stations upon graduation, he asked to be sent anywhere but Florida .  Any guesses where he ended up?  Right, Patrick Air Force Base in Florida .  He had a great time there and really likes being close to the water.  His fish stories included a ½ pound blue gill, a 261 pound yellow fin tuna and a 100 pound wahoo.  Dick Daybell ended his craftalk with an invitation for Rotarians ALL ABOARD!
He loves to fish and hopes that some of us will be able to take advantage for a little fellowship aboard his vessel when he powers to his favorite fishing spot.