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| Volume 64, Issue 23 | Rota-Scribe: Al Tetrault | |||||||||||
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With the sudden cancellation of the Family Christmas party, the change of venue to Arbor Manor due to Health Dept shut down of the Elks... Doing a wonderful job of re-grouping... Bob Savage opened with humble apologies for the unforeseen circumstances. Special Guest: Newly Elected City Council Member Sharon Quirk Chief Pat with the thought for the day and prayed us in to lunch. Charli hosted a wonderful Holiday array of table decorations and a wonderful meal. Prez. Savage recognized the newly formed Barbershop quartet of Bill Peloquin, Ray Ashcroft , Howard Wood and Ron Soderquist. The four grouped and rehearsed renditions of Christmas Carols for the District 5320 Presidents Meeting and from the word of our Prez, they did a fantastic performance. The Prez also announced the distribution of $31,000 in district grants will include $1500.00 towards The Dental Clinic Minard Duncan and friends puts on in behalf of our Club. The Dental Clinic will be Jan. 15th at Richman School. . . please show up for pictures, this is to be a Rotary event. The Club Board Meeting will be Tuesday December 14th, 7:30am at the City Maintenance yard. The Meeting will remain on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from now on. Club Elections will be held December 22nd. Bill Mathy announced; Right now for President 2006 the sole candidate is Teri Grassi. Board Member nominees are Scott Dowd, Jim McKamy, Mike Nomura, Bill Heaton, Rick Price, and Don Ludwig. We are still soliciting for more contestants (though I heard mumbles thru the crowd these are plenty.) Ron Soderquist is officially a full fledged member completing his newest nine duties, next week we will have the official removing of the heralded newest nine ribbon. Mark McGee (doing a fine job of steping up to the plate) announced next weeks Sr. Christmas Party is right on schedule. The Parks Jr High Choir and the recent additon of the Korean Choir are set to perfom for everyone. The Buses will be arriving 11:30'sh if everyone could please arrive early to help. Claude Jones advised that the 'Notice with details' to the Christmas Boat parade should be arriving in everyones mailbox. If you need to make any changes to your reservation, please let Claude know asap. `'ROTOGRAM FLAGGED AS SPAM'!!! yes that is right, an unknowing Club member tagged the Rotogram as spam, which caused Bob's ISP to disconnect his service. It took a few days for Bob to get back online. Please, do not tag the Rotogram as Spam. If you did not respond 'YES' in the subject line of the Rotogram Awareness e-mail, you will no longer receive it in your e-mails. Remember it is on the Fullerton Rotary Website if you no longer receive it. You can also e-mail Bob thru the website to request it mailed. |
Joyce Capelle annonced Diane Masseth-Jones and the Fullerton YMCA will be joining the Palestine YMCA. There will be a presentation at the 1st Presbyterian Church on Euclid ave. Fines By Prez Bob were; AL 'T' for his 8th wedding anniversary, had a quiet dinner at home and watched a movie together (overheard were the rumblings of cheap date) Kathi Gach the standard $25.00 fee for her birthday and Rick Price the same $25.00 in recognition of his wife's birthday
On to the Main Event - Senior Craft Talk: Ray Hansen started out his Senior Craft talk with the song -Lets get away from it all. Mentioning many city's that I cannot spell let alone pronounce, Ray reminisced his growing up in China, enjoying an all day sucker while hiding behind the Rikshaw Coolies ,which caused his Father to call for a Board Meeting.(Ray seems to remember the Razor Strap and hiding under his bed) 1947 arriving in Hong Kong just in time for Christmas Day. Some of the fun things Ray fondly recalled was sea mines tearing loose during monsoons and exploding against the rocks, causing shrapnel to tear through their Mosquito nets. Dismantling mines and such, hauling the explosive components up the hill to play with...aahhh...I am sure causing more Board Meetings with his Father. On a sadder note, he also witnessed many of the horrors brought on to the Chinese by the Japanese during the war. Watching bombing raids by the Japanese over the local Chinese Village. Eventually moving to the states, attending Glendale College, Los Angeles College and USC, Ray started working in the YMCA. Moving from Y to Y helping establish the Local YMCA's, working with the Gangs. Fly Fishing in Yellowstone. During these times in 1957 Ray became a Rotarian, Maintatining perfect attendance has also tried to bring in a new member every year. Ray eventually went to work for the Group that helped build the Chrystal Cathedral. Retiring in 1978...he then went on to St Judes where he has spent the last 22 years. I apologize to Ray for any miss-quotes. You have lived a very fascinating life. Prez Bob conclued with a thought, Do not succumb to pressure, and remember that lumps of coal become diamonds. See you next week. Yours Truly Roto-scribe AL 'T" Tetreault |
